The Carstensz Glacier is near the peak of Puncak Jaya (sometimes called Mount Carstensz or the Carstensz Pyramid ) which is a mountain in the Sudirman Range of the island of New Guinea , territorially the eastern highlands of Central Papua , Indonesia . The glacier is situated at an elevation of approximately 4,660 metres (15,290 ft) and is 1.5 kilometres (0.93 mi) east of the summit tower of Puncak Jaya. In 2002 the Carstensz Glacier was 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) in length and .60 kilometres (0.37 mi) wide. In November 2023 it was only 470 metres (1,540 ft) length and 100 metres (330 ft) wide.
6-525: The glacier is named after the 17th century Dutch explorer Jan Carstenszoon , commonly known as Jan Carstensz. Research presented in 2004 of IKONOS satellite imagery of the New Guinean glaciers indicated that in the two years from 2000 to 2002, the Carstensz Glacier had lost a further 6.8% of its surface area. An expedition to the remaining glaciers on Puncak Jaya in 2010 discovered that
12-743: A skirmish with 200 Aboriginal people at the mouth of a small river near Cape Duyfken (named after Janszoon's vessel which had earlier visited the region) and landed at the Pennefather River . Carstenszoon named the small river Carpentier River , and the Gulf of Carpentaria in honour of Pieter de Carpentier , at that time Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies . Carstenszoon reached the Staaten River before heading north again. The Pera and Carstenszoon returned to Ambon while
18-481: The ice on the glaciers there is about 32 metres (105 ft) thick and thinning at a rate of 7 metres (23 ft) annually. At that rate, the remaining glaciers in the immediate region near Puncak Jaya were expected to last only to the year 2015. A 2019 study predicted their disappearance within a decade. The remaining remnant glaciers on Punkak Jaya were once part of an icecap that developed approximately 5,000 years ago. At least one previous icecap also existed in
24-439: The region between 15,000 and 7,000 years ago, when it also apparently melted away and disappeared. This Central Papua location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This article about a glacier is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Jan Carstenszoon Jan Carstenszoon or more commonly Jan Carstensz was a 17th-century Dutch explorer . In 1623, Carstenszoon
30-483: The ships travelled along the south coast of New Guinea, then headed south to Cape York Peninsula and the Gulf of Carpentaria . On 14 April 1623, Cape Keerweer was passed. Landing in search of fresh water for his stores, Carstenszoon encountered a party of the local indigenous Australian inhabitants. Carstenszoon described them as "poor and miserable looking people" who had "no knowledge of precious metals or spices ". On 8 May 1623, Carstenszoon and his crew fought
36-614: Was commissioned by the Dutch East India Company to lead an expedition to the southern coast of New Guinea and beyond, to follow up the reports of land sighted further south in the 1606 voyages of Willem Janszoon in the Duyfken . Setting sail from Ambon in the Dutch East Indies with two ships , the yacht Pera (captained by Carstenszoon) and Arnhem (captained by Willem Joosten van Colster ),
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