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New Guinea is on the Australian Plate at the boundary with the Filipino Plate. Some were caused by the subduction of the Filipino Plate, some are volcanic.

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The Owen Stanley Range is a major mountain range that runs through Papua New Guinea from the north coast to the southern coast. It is bisected by the famous Kokoda Trail.

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