Bewani Mountains
Bewani Mountains is a mountain range in northwestern Papua New Guinea. Together with the Torricelli Mountains and Prince Alexander Mountains it forms the North Coastal Range of Papua New Guinea.[1] Highest point of the mountains is at 1,960 m.
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[edit] Geology
The Bewani-Torricelli-Prince Alexander Mountains, are presumed to have been formed as an island arc in the Late Eocene-Early Oligocene.[2]
[edit] Ecology
As other mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea it is home to many rare species of fauna and flora and is highly biodiverse. The Black Sicklebill (Epimachus fastuosus) is a threatened species which is known from a few localities in the Bewani and Torricelli mountains.[1]
Fiwo, a seubspecies of the Tenkile (Dendrolagus scottae) tree-kangaroo, is thought to be endemic to Bewani Mountains.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Birdlife International: North Papuan mountains, retrieved 11 August 2010
- ^ P. V. Crowhurst, et al.: Thermochronological and geochemical constraints on the tectonic evolution of northern Papua New Guinea, in Geological Society, London, Special Publications; 1996; v. 106; p. 525-537;, retrieved 11 August 2010
- ^ Tenkile Conservation Alliance, retrieved 11 August 2010
