Key facts
- Elevation
- 4,509 m (14,793 ft)
- Prominence
- 2,969 m (9,741 ft) , Ranked 97th
- Listing
- Country high point , Ultra , Ribu, Seven Summits
- Location
- Intersection of Chimbu , Jiwaka and Madang provinces in Papua New Guinea
- Parent range
- Bismarck Range
- First ascent
- 15 August 1938 by Leigh Vial
- Easiest route
- Rock scramble
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Wikidata facts
- Elevation
- 4509
- Image
- Mount Wilhelm.jpg
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- topographic prominence
- 2969
- topographic isolation
- 539
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Mount Wilhelm (German: Wilhelmsberg) is the highest mountain in Papua New Guinea at 4,509 metres (14,793 ft). It is part of the Bismarck Range and the peak is the point where three provinces, Chimbu, Jiwaka and Madang, meet. In the local Kuman language, the peak is also known as Enduwa Kombuglu or Kombugl'o Dimbin.
The mountain is on the island of New Guinea, which incorporates Papua New Guinea and the Indonesian provinces of Papua. It is surpassed by Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (16,024 ft), and several other peaks in Indonesian Papua.
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