Exact Elevation Is
p. 64 · Read in the full issue
A Guess
WE are indebted to L. J.
Brass of Archbold Ex peditions, Lake Placid, Florida, for the accompanying article and photograph which puts us straight on what is, at least, the highest cross in Papua.
The exact elevation of Mt.
Albert Edward is a matter of some speculation. Monckton make it 13,250 ft. Mr. Brass says that, although he has not the expedition notebooks with him currently, the aver age of four boiling-point observations made it 13,058 ft. The latest map of Papua (1954) puts it at 13J00 ft., and other maps other elevations.
“Anyone interested can take their pick for Mt. Albert Ed ward,” concludes Mr. Brass.