Mount Victoria (Papua New Guinea)

Mount Victoria is the highest point in the Owen Stanley Ranges in Central Province, Papua New Guinea at 4,038 metres (13,248 ft).

It lies approximately 75 km north-north-east of Port Moresby and can be seen on a clear day from the city.

The Mountain was named in honour of the British Queen Victoria by Commander Charles B Yule.

[3] The first successful recorded ascent was in 1889 by the British New Guinea Administrator, Sir William MacGregor.

His party included his private secretary J.B Cameron, a Samoan half-caste and thirty-eight Papuans and Polynesians.