Following Puncak Jaya/Mount Carstensz (4884 m) 350 km to the west, Mandala is the second-highest freestanding mountain in Oceania, Australasia, New Guinea, and Indonesia.

[4] Based on the Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, this peak is likely higher than Puncak Trikora, which lost its icecap in about 1960.

[4] Due to its remoteness and the difficulty of the approach route, Mandala (like many of the New Guinea peaks) has very rarely been climbed.

Climbers from the Dutch 1959 expedition to the Star Mountains successfully climbed the peak on the 9th of September.

[6] Austrian mountaineer Christian Stangl climbed Mandala on February 28, 2012 during his bid to be the first person to ascend the Seven Second and Seven Third Summits[7]