Oranje Mountains
mountain range in Suriname
The Oranje Mountains (Dutch: Oranjegebergte) is a mountain range in the Sipaliwini District of Suriname. It is named after the House of Orange-Nassau. Mountains on this range include the Roseveltpiek.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q23929901. Authority coordinates are 3.000, -55.083. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Oranje Mountains” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.