Fakfak Mountains
| Fakfak Mountains | |||||||||||||
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  Fakfak Mountains Location in Western New Guinea  Fakfak Mountains Location in Indonesia | |||||||||||||
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| Peak | 1619 metres[1] | ||||||||||||
| Dimensions | |||||||||||||
| Length | 106 km (66 mi) | ||||||||||||
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| State | Indonesia | ||||||||||||
| Range coordinates | 2°51′36″S 132°31′56″E / 2.860063°S 132.532196°E | ||||||||||||
| Parent range | Island of New Guinea | ||||||||||||
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Fakfak Mountains (Indonesian: Pegunungan Fakfak) are located on Bomberai Peninsula to the north of Fakfak in West Papua province, Indonesia.
Geography
[edit]Topography includes the following top elevations in Fakfak Mountains:
- Baham at 613 m (coordinates 3.0719 ° S 132.6935 ° E )
- Gunung Weri at 537 m (coordinates 3.2098 ° S 132.7128 ° E )
- Patimun at 499 m (coordinates 3.0444 ° S 132.5228 ° E )
- Samai at 980 m (coordinates 3.1118 ° S 132.6206 ° E )
Climate
[edit]Tropical rainforest climate prevails in the area. The annual average temperature in the funnel is 20 °C. The hottest month is November, when the average temperature is 21 °C, and the coldest is June, with 18 °C. The average annual rainfall is 3 217 millimeters. The rainy month is June, with an average of 438 mm rainfall, and the driest is October, with 167 mm rainfall.
Flora and fauna
[edit]Fauna of the Fakfak Mountains includes the black-eared catbird and Oninia senglaubi, a member of the family of the narrow-mouthed frogs (Microhylidae).[3]
Bird species recorded at FakFak Mountains:
- Papuan Eagle
- Papuan Pitta
- Vogelkop Bowerbird
- Black Berrypecker
- Little Shrikethrush
- Greater Melampitta
- Banded Yellow Robin
- Olive Flyrobin
- Island Leaf Warbler
- Capped White-eye[4]
- Fairy lorikeet[5]
Fakfak Mountains Nature Reserve, also known as Pegunungan Fakfak Nature Reserve, covers an area of 343.91 km2.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Onin Peninsula (Fakfak)
- ^ a b UNEP-WCMC (2024). Protected Area Profile for Pegunungan Fakfak from the World Database on Protected Areas. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
- ^ Darrel R. Frost: Oninia senglaubi. Amphibian Species of the World, an Online Reference, Version 6.0. American Museum of Natural History, New York 1998–2015, retrieved 21 December 2015.
- ^ FakFak Mountains, Papua
- ^ Collar, N. "Fairy Lorikeet (Charmosyna pulchella)". Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions. Retrieved 2014-09-24.
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