Indonesia is one of the strangest regions with glaciers can be found. As we know, Indonesia is an equatorial island which means, there is always sunshine. On the mountain range of Pegunungan Maoke, in the Irian Jaya (East Part of Indonesia) there are ice fields that still remain, sadly they are shrinking continuously.
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Location of the highest mountains in Papua. |
Predominant rainy weather and warming the bedrock triggers the rapid melting of the remaining ice. In 2003, the ice field of the high mountain of Puncak Mandala and Puncak Trikora disappeared. The ice-archive on the Indonesia’s mountains is important record for the climate at the Pacific Ocean.
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| Peak of Jaya Wijaya in 1936 |
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| Peak of Jaya Wijaya in 1972 References: Bressan, David. (2010). Indonesia's Last Glaciers. Retrieved from http://historyofgeology.blogspot.com/2010/08/indonesias-last-glacier.html |
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