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As with other mountain ranges in Papua New Guinea, the Bewani Mountains are home to many rare species of fauna and flora and is highly
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The Bewani-Torricelli-Prince Alexander Mountains, are presumed to have been formed as an island arc in the Late
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it forms the North Coastal Range of Papua New Guinea. The highest point of the mountains is at 1,960 m.
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Thermochronological and geochemical constraints on the tectonic evolution of northern Papua New Guinea
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to the Bewani Mountains. Two frog species described in 2000/2001,
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Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 6.0
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Bewani Mountains is located in Papua New Guinea
Elevation
Coordinates
3°10′00″S 141°15′00″E / 3.1666667°S 141.25°E / -3.1666667; 141.25
Age of rock
Eocene
Oligocene
Mountain type
mountain range
Papua New Guinea
Torricelli Mountains
Prince Alexander Mountains
Bewani languages
Papuan languages
Eocene
Oligocene
biodiverse
black sicklebill
tenkile
tree-kangaroo
endemic
Cophixalus bewaniensis
Choerophryne longirostris
Bewani Range languages
Bewani River
Bewani-Wutung Onei Rural LLG


Birdlife International: North Papuan mountains
P. V. Crowhurst, et al.: Thermochronological and geochemical constraints on the tectonic evolution of northern Papua New Guinea

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