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Unclimbed PNG peak? 1-Jun-2006 At 1:11:57 PM Mike TS

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On 31/05/2006 superstu wrote:
>Chockstone never ceases to surprise...
>
>I am currently living in Madang, and every morning I look out over Astrolabe
>Bay across to the Finisterre Range to your 4000m peak.

Hi, I knew someone out there would have some info.
I'm really intrigued that somewhere that doesn't look impossibly inaccessible seems to have no record of (Europopean at least) exploration.
I'd appreciate if you post what you find out.
Are you (or anyone else out there) interested in a trip to go and look?

BTW, there is a dispute about heights on http://www.sol.co.uk/v/viewfinder/elevmisquotes.html. To quote:

'Finisterre range, Papua New Guinea
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Likely elevation: c.4120m
Official elevation: 4175m
The official elevation would seem to be based on an old survey and, for some reason, the authorities have not cared to update it. The relative sizes of the 3800m and 4000m contour rings on the 1:250,000 map bring this elevation into question, and the highest 3" SRTM cell is 4102m, which suggests a lower elevation, about 4130m. The highest SRTM cell around Mount Sarawaket, about 60km south-east of the "Point 4175m", is 4094m so it is possible that this point, not "4175m", should be occupying the place among the World's Finest 50.'

This is of course rather more remote and further from Madang.
Maybe a good trip would be to do both with a GPS and find out.
Stu, can you find / take any photos so can get an idea of the terrain?