Owen Stanley Range is the south-eastern part of the central mountain-chain in Papua New Guinea. Its highest point is Mount Victoria at 4,038 metres (13...
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Captain Owen Stanley FRS RN (13 June 1811 – 13 March 1850) was a British Royal Navy officer and surveyor. Stanley was born in Alderley, Cheshire, the...
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Kokoda Track (redirect from Owen Stanley Track)
overland – 60 kilometres (37 mi) in a straight line – through the Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea (PNG). The track was the location of the 1942...
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During their march, the remainder of the regiment was flown across the Owen Stanley Range, arriving before the 2/126th. The battalion earned the nickname "The...
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Southeast Papuan languages (redirect from Owen Stanley Range languages)
Guinea (TNG) phylum. The languages are as follows: Dagan (Meneao Range) Owen Stanley Range Koiarian (Koiari – Managalas Plateau) Kwalean (Humene–Uare) Manubaran...
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southeastern ranges, including the Owen Stanley Range, from the mountains of Central New Guinea. Mount Victoria (4,038 m) in the Owen Stanley Range is the ecoregion's...
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was a bombing raid of Lae and Salamaua by aircraft flying over the Owen Stanley Range from the carriers USS Lexington and USS Yorktown, leading the Japanese...
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north coast, following the Kokoda Track over the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range, as part of a strategy to isolate Australia from the United States...
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by U.S. Army servicemen in 1942 to Mount Obree, a mountain in the Owen Stanley Range in the southeast of Papua New Guinea. Known locally as "Suwemalla...
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Mount Bellamy is a mountain in the Owen Stanley Range in south-eastern Papua New Guinea. The mountain rises to 2,250 metres (7,400 ft). "Mount Bellamy...
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Tomitarō Horii, advanced using the Kokoda Track to cross the rugged Owen Stanley Range. As the Kokoda Track campaign was taking place, a Japanese invasion...
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Central Range montane rain forests along most of the Central Range, the Southeastern Papuan rain forests in the southeast (Owen Stanley Range), and the...
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easternmost extent of the New Guinea Highlands and consists largely of the Owen Stanley Range, with peaks such as Mount Victoria (4,038 m) and Mount Suckling (3...
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Mountain (2930 m)) 2,930 3,555 625 Denali Waddington 106. Mount Suckling Owen Stanley Range Papua New Guinea 9°40′9″S 149°0′39″E / 9.66917°S 149.01083°E /...
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New Guinea on 27 December, and whose first elements flew over the Owen Stanley Range to the Buna Gona front on 30 December.: 329–330 On the Atlantic front...
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Reinhold's Highway, is a foot track crossing the western end of the Owen Stanley Range of Central Papua New Guinea. The track begins near a small settlement...
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MacArthur's Southwest Pacific Area. In 1942 he made three treks across the Owen Stanley Range in Papua and New Guinea on engineer reconnaissance missions into enemy-occupied...
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1899. ‘Despatch reporting visit inland to the western end of the Owen Stanley Range, and thence across the island to the north-east coast.’ Annual Report...
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Horii's command, advanced using the Kokoda Track to cross the rugged Owen Stanley Range. By 16 September, after heavy fighting against a small Australian...
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was not expected that Zeamer could survive a return flight over the Owen Stanley Range to Port Moresby). Britton, having returned to his seat for the balance...
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Thumb Range Waitākere Ranges Wharepapa / Arthur Range Wick Mountains Bismarck Range Owen Stanley Range Allardyce Range, South Georgia Imeon Range, Smith...
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attempted to advance south overland through the mountains of the Owen Stanley Range to seize Port Moresby as part of a strategy of isolating Australia...
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about 300 native troops with white officers, was already north of the Owen Stanley Range at the entrance of the Kokoda Track. These units were subsequently...
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Mount Victoria is the highest point in the Owen Stanley Ranges in Central Province, Papua New Guinea at 4,038 metres (13,248 ft). It lies approximately...
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Aeroplane Service Ltd there, and was the first pilot to fly over the Owen Stanley Range. He spent fifteen years flying in New Guinea. In 1934, he participated...
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campaign to take Port Moresby with an overland approach across the Owen Stanley Range via the Kokoda Track. Dufty 2017, pp. 123–128. Japanese army operations...
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volcano rises to 1680 meters above the coastal plain north of the Owen Stanley Range. A summit complex of lava domes and crater remnants rises above a...
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sighted a plateau north of the Owen Stanley Range suitable for airstrips, allowing troops to be flown across the Owen Stanley Range. Casey was awarded the Silver...
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developed during the LGP were the Central Cordillera, the Owen Stanley Range, and the Saruwaged Range. Mount Giluwe in the Central Cordillera had a "more or...
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New Guinea Highlands (redirect from Central Range, New Guinea)
Highlands and Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea including the Owen Stanley Range in the southeast, whose highest peak is Mount Victoria at 4,038 metres...
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