The
Star Mountains (
Dutch (colonial): Sterrengebergte;
Indonesian Pegunungan Bintang) are a mountain range in western
Papua New Guinea, stretching from the border with
Indonesia, at about to the
Hindenburg Range. They have an annual rainfall of more than 10,000 mm/year, and although no official scientific weather station has ever been established it has been claimed to be one of the wettest places on earth.