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Owen Stanley Range
Bismarck Range: Mount Wilhelm
New Guinea
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sweet potato farming, Papua New Guinea
New Guinea
Smoke over Indonesia on September 24, 1997.Hundreds of fires set by loggers, farmers, and plantation owners burned on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo. Smoke from fires set on the island of New Guinea is also visible.
Physiographic regions of Asia and New Guinea
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