Formerly JAYAWIJAYA peak Seabed

For mountain climbers , climbing the ranks Jayawijaya Mountains is a dream . Imagine, in one of the mountain peaks are the highest point in Indonesia , namely Carstensz Pyramide at a height of 4,884 meters above sea level ( masl ) .
Do not be surprised if the top mountain climbers world-class always compete to climb one of the entry points in a row of the top seven continents . Moreover, the existence of eternal snow peaks that always surrounds it , making increasingly passionate desire to reach it .

But , who would have thought if it was snowy peaks were once part of the ocean floor is very deep ! . Papua Island began to form at 60 million years ago . At that time , the island is still on the seabed formed by sedimentary rocks . Intensive deposition derived from the Australian continent in a long period of time resulted in a new land that is now called Papua . At that time , Papua is still fused with Australia .
The existence of New Guinea today , can not be separated from the geological theory that states that this world only has a continent named Pangea at 250 million years ago . In the period 240 million to 65 million years ago , Pangaea broke into two continents by forming the continents Laurasia and the Eurasian continent , which led to the formation of continents and mountains that currently exist around the world .
At that time also , the Eurasian continent is in the southern hemisphere continents broke back into Gonwana which would later become the mainland South America , Africa , India , and Australia .
At that time , the Australian continent to continent - the other continents were separated by oceans . In the northern part of the sea of ​​rocks that settles the island of Papua became part of Australia will appear at a later date . Intensive deposition of the kangaroo continent , eventually lifting sedimentary rocks on the sea surface . Of course, this removal process is based on the geological time scale with a speed of 2.5 km per million years .
This process is compounded by the plate collision between the Indo - Pacific to Indo - Australian seabed . This plate collision resulted in the island arc , which also became the forerunner of the island and in the mountains of Papua .
Finally, the appointment process continues - again due to sedimentation and tectonic events along the bottom of the sea, over a period of millions of years resulted in high mountains as can be seen today . Evidence that the high mountains of New Guinea and their ever been a part of the seabed can be seen from the left fossils in the rocks Jayawijaya .
Although located at an altitude of 4,800 masl , fossilized sea shells , for example , can be seen in limestone and clastic rocks contained in Jayawijaya Mountains . Therefore , in addition to being a paradise of the climbers , Jayawijaya Mountains also be a geologist's paradise world .
While the separation of the Australian mainland and Papua by the sea starts from the end of the ice age that occurred in the last 15,000 years . The melting of ice into the ocean in the end separates the mainland of Papua with the Australian continent .
There are many secrets rocks Jayawijaya untapped . Moreover , the age of the island of Papua is still considered young so that the process of appointment of the island continues to this day . This is also the reason for the mention of Papua New Guinea , New Guinea , which means it is an island that is still new .
While the presence of snow is in the top few Jayawijaya , believes it will fade away as experienced Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania . The loss of one - only snow owned by mountains in Indonesia was caused by global climate change that is occurring in the tropics .