Sentani Lake

Lake Sentani lies beneath the Cyclops Mountains near New Guinea's northern coast. Mountain streams feed the lake, whose waters leave by the Jafuri and Tami rivers for the Pacific. Sentani communities live on its shores and islands, including Asei and Yonokom; fishing and the harvest of sago have long sustained them. Houses raised on posts above the water use sago palm in their floors, walls and roofs.