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    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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    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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    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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    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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