Mount Sulen

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Mount Sulen
Highest point
Elevation 1,657 m (5,436 ft)
Prominence 1,145 m (3,757 ft)
Listing Ribu
Coordinates 3°25′S142°11′E / 3.417°S 142.183°E / -3.417; 142.183
Geography
Location Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea
Parent range Torricelli Mountains

Sulen is an isolated mountain peak in Sandaun Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the highest peak in Torricelli Mountains. [1]

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