Carstensz Pyramid

Carstensz Pyramid is the traditional name among mountaineers of Puncak Jaya, at 4,884 m (16,024 ft) the highest mountain in Oceania. (Carstensz was the family name of the Dutch explorer who first reported it to Europeans; "Puncak" means "peak", and "Jaya" means "victory".) It is located in what is variously called the Sudirman Range or the Dugunduguoo, in Irian Jaya, the Indonesian-controlled western half of the island of Papua or New Guinea.

Carstensz is a peak on the more demanding of the two principal Seven Summits peak-bagging lists. It is held to have the highest technical rating (but not the greatest physical demands) of that list's ascents. The first foreigners to summit Carstensz were Heinrich Harrer and three companions, in 1962.

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