Tamrau Mountains

{{Short description|Mountain range in Indonesia}}

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| name= Tamrau Mountains

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| photo_caption=View of the Tamrau Mountains from a highway in the Kebar Valley.

| country= Indonesia

| location=Manokwari Regency, Sorong Regency, Tambrauw Regency, Arfak Mountains Regency, West Papua

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| highest=Bon Irau

| elevation_m= 2501

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| orogeny= Mesozoic and Paleozoic

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The Tamrau Mountains, also known as the Tambrauw Mountains or the Tamarau Mountains, is a mountain range located in the north-central region of the Bird's Head Peninsula in the province of West Papua, Indonesia. It is made up of an isolated and lesser continuous mountain chain compared to the Arfak Mountains. The Tamrau and Arfak Mountains are both divided by the grassy Kebar Valley, which is the heartland of many indigenous people, with a variety of backgrounds. The Tamrau Mountains have been scantily surveyed. The mountains are an important and threatened site of biodiversity, part of the Vogelkop montane rain forests ecoregion.

References

  • WWF [http://www.worldwildlife.org/expeditions/newguinea/notes_vogelkop1.cfm Bird Watching on Bird's Head], and the Threats to the Region Vogelkop Montane Rain Forests. Accessed 5 March 2015
  • [http://www.bird-watching-papua-adventure-travel.com/birdinghotspots/arfakmountains.html Arfak Mountains: Birding Hotspot of West Papua] Accessed 5 March 2015

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{{Mountain ranges of New Guinea}}

Category:Mountain ranges of Indonesia

Category:Landforms of Western New Guinea

Category:Landforms of West Papua (province)

Category:Vogelkop montane rain forests

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