New Guinea Highlands Map
The New Guinea Highlands are a mountain range across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia, rising to Puncak Jaya at 4,884 m (16,024 ft). This map shows the range on shaded relief, with peaks, rivers, borders and cities.
How to read this map
The highest point of the New Guinea Highlands is Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (16,024 ft) above sea level. It extends across Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
The dashed outline marks the New Guinea Highlands as mapped by Natural Earth. Towns and cities on the map include Port Moresby, Jayapura, Lae and Madang.
Greens show lower elevations; tan and brown show higher land, with pale tones toward the highest terrain. Shadows emphasize the slopes, and vertical relief is exaggerated so landforms are easier to read. Dashed lines show country borders, and fine dashed lines show state or province borders.
The relief uses Terrain Tiles (SRTM, GMTED2010 and ETOPO1 elevation data). Rivers, lakes, borders and the outline of the New Guinea Highlands come from Natural Earth, and the figures on this page from Wikidata. Natural Earth draws features at a small scale, so the outline is a guide to where the New Guinea Highlands are, not a surveyed boundary.
Blank physical map
The blank version keeps the mapped features and removes the place labels. Download it for a geography worksheet or practice identifying the features.
New Guinea Highlands facts
| Fact | Value |
|---|---|
| Highest point | Puncak Jaya, 4,884 m (16,024 ft) |
| Countries | Papua New Guinea and Indonesia |
Data sources and license
- Natural Earth (public-domain geography): Public domain.
- Terrain Tiles / Mapzen (SRTM, GMTED2010, ETOPO1): Open elevation data; source attribution retained.
- Wikidata (lengths, areas, countries and other facts): CC0 1.0.
Map design and rendered images: Atlas of Maps, CC BY 4.0. Source databases retain their own licenses; the map license does not replace them.
Maps of the countries: Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Compare with the world mountain ranges map.
Frequently asked questions
What is the highest mountain in the New Guinea Highlands?
Puncak Jaya, at 4,884 m (16,024 ft).
Where are the New Guinea Highlands?
The New Guinea Highlands are in Papua New Guinea and Indonesia.
Can I download a blank map of the New Guinea Highlands?
Yes. The blank version keeps the relief, rivers and borders and the highlighted mountain range but removes the place names. Both versions are free to download as PNG and as an A4 PDF.
Use this map
You can download, print and share this map for free, in class, in school projects, in presentations and on websites, as long as you credit the source: New Guinea Highlands Map · Atlas of Maps (atlasofmaps.com), license CC BY 4.0.
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