The Wilhelminagebergte (English: Wilhelmina Mountains ) is a mountain range in the district of Sipaliwini in central Suriname . It extends about 113 km (70 mi) from west to east. It is named after Queen Wilhelmina . The Wilhelminagebergte is part of the Tumucumaque Uplands of the Guiana Shield . It belongs to the very ancient ( Precambrian ) Guiana Highlands . Most of it is in the Central Suriname Nature Reserve .
3-709: Its best-known peaks are the Julianatop , 1280 m and the country's highest peak, and the Tafelberg , 1026 m. The area is surrounded by tropical rain forest and covered by other forests. It is biologically very diverse, with an estimated 3,000 higher plant species. Many rivers rise in the Wilhelmina Mountains, including: the two branches of the Coppename ; Saramacca ; some tributaries of the Suriname ;
6-659: Is the highest mountain in Suriname at 1,280 metres (4,199 ft). It is located in the Sipaliwini District . The mountain is named after Juliana of the Netherlands . The Amerindian name of the mountain is Ipinumin ( He who stands alone ). The mountain was supposedly climbed by the Amerindian John Tawjoeram during the 1963 Schultz expedition, however there was no trace of John. On 16 September 2006, an expedition set out to climb
9-949: The West and East Rivers; and the Kabalebo . Nearby mountain ranges include the Bakhuis Mountains (to the NW), the Emmaketen or Emma Range (to the NE), the Van Asch Van Wijck Mountains (also to the NE), and the Eilerts de Haan Mountains (to the S). This Suriname location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Julianatop Julianatop ( Dutch pronunciation: [jyliˈjaːnaːˌtɔp] )
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