Arfak Mountains
Encyclopedia
The Arfak Mountains are a mountain range
found on the Bird's Head Peninsula
in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia
. The mountain range is rugged and remote, rising up to 7,700 feet above sea level. Found near the town of Manokwari
, the mountains are an important and threatened site of biodiversity
, part of the Vogelkop Montane Rain Forests Ecoregion.
Mountain range
A mountain range is a single, large mass consisting of a succession of mountains or narrowly spaced mountain ridges, with or without peaks, closely related in position, direction, formation, and age; a component part of a mountain system or of a mountain chain...
found on the Bird's Head Peninsula
Bird's Head Peninsula
The Bird's Head Peninsula or Doberai Peninsula is a large peninsula that makes up the northwest portion of the Province of West Papua, Indonesia.-Location and geography:...
in the Province of West Papua, Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...
. The mountain range is rugged and remote, rising up to 7,700 feet above sea level. Found near the town of Manokwari
Manokwari
Manokwari is a city in Indonesia. It is the largest city and, since 2003, the capital of the province of West Papua, at the western end of New Guinea. The city has many resorts and is a major tourist area. It is one of the seats of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manokwari–Sorong. It is also the...
, the mountains are an important and threatened site of biodiversity
Biodiversity
Biodiversity is the degree of variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or an entire planet. Biodiversity is a measure of the health of ecosystems. Biodiversity is in part a function of climate. In terrestrial habitats, tropical regions are typically rich whereas polar regions...
, part of the Vogelkop Montane Rain Forests Ecoregion.