Kokoda Trail runs 60 kilometers in a straight line and 96 kilometers of overland passing through Owen Stanley Range in Papua New Guinea. It is a famous site known for the World War II that occurred in 1942 between Australia and Japan. Originally, the track was used by European miners to access the goldfields of Yodda Kokodab in 1890s. The track is witness to several battles that happened between the year 1942 and 1943 after which it was named Kokoda Track Campaign. In 1972, the Australian administration officially gazetted the name Kokoda Trail.
The trail begins or ends at Owners Corner in Central Province and 50 kilometers east of Port Moresby and passes through an isolated terrain that is only accessible by foot that lies to the village of Kokoda in Oro Province. While passing around the peak of Mount Bellamy, the trail extends with the height of 2,190 meters. The climatic conditions of the trails includes torrential rainfall, intensely cold nights, which result in endemic tropical diseases, such as malaria, which makes it difficult for the visitors to walk or cross the trail.
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