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Batui Mountains

mountain range in Indonesia

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 1, 2024
Entity authorityQ19646061 ↗
Source-derived summary

The Batui Mountains (Pegunungan Batui) are a mountain range in Central Sulawesi, Indonesia. The range runs east–west and forms part of the spine of the East Peninsula of the island of Sulawesi. The most prominent peak is Mount Batui at 1,930 metres (6,332 ft) high.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Batui Mountains” as mountain range in Indonesia. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Batui, Mountains and mountain.

Editorial reviewMost useful as a place-based finding aid connecting the present description to earlier jurisdictions, maps and built evidence. The current 45-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Batui, Mountains and mountain providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Batui Mountains”, the useful work is to connect “mountain range in Indonesia” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 1, 2024. The linked authority identifier is Q19646061. Authority coordinates are -1.405, 122.079. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.

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Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  2. Expand the search: follow Batui Mountains primary sources, Batui Mountains archive and Batui research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

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This entry incorporates text from “Batui 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.