Komodo Island

Location:

Komodo National Park is located between the islands of Sumbawa and Flores in the Sunda Islands Minor, a distance of 200 nautical miles east of Bali. It has a total area of ​​75 000 hectares and includes many islands, the largest of which are Komodo (34000 hectares), Rinca (20,000 hectares), Padar, Nusa Kode, Motang, a series of smaller islands, and the sanctuary is WAE Wuul Flores. A total of 112 500 hectares of surrounding waters are also the jurisdiction of the Park Rangers.

History:

In 1938, Padar and the south and west of Rinca were declared a Wildlife Sanctuary, but only in 1965 that the island of Komodo was formally included in the sanctuary. Komodo National Park was created by government decree in 1980, followed by the designation of Komodo National Park as a World Heritage Site in 1991.

Climate:

Komodo National Park is the lowest annual rainfall in all, the short rainy season in Indonesia in January. Most of the Komodo is dry and hot, parched winds from arid Australian desert that blow from April to October. Maximum temperatures reach 43 C, 17 C minimum in August.

Topography:

Most of the park is dry, rough and hilly, a combination of ancient volcanic eruptions and the most recent tectonic uplift of the seafloor sediments. The jagged coastline is written with rocky headlands and sandy bays, many framed by soaring volcanic cliffs.

Komodo Island is 35 km long and 15 km wide and is mountainous on a north-south axis, with an average altitude of 500-600. The highest point is Satalibo (735) in the north. Most of the island is savanna with palms lontar remnates of rainforest and bamboo forests at higher elevations. On Rinca the land rises gradually from the north coast to a plateau that ends at Mount Dora (667m) to the south. The rugged coastline of the south is very simple due to volcanic activity in the distant past, as evidenced by the crater bay and putter Nusa code.

Fauna:

The park covers most of the habitats found the largest known lizard, the famous Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis). The park is also home to Sunda deer (Cervus timorensis), wild buffalo (Bubalus bubalis), wild boar ((Sus scrofa), macaques (Macaca fascicularis), and the wild horse (Equus qaballus). All large mammals have been introduced by man, but indigenous frogs, snakes and lizards abound on the island. The endemic species found only on Komodo is the aptly named Komodo rat. More than 150 species of birds have been identified in the National Park Komodo, many of which are migratory species and more representative of Australasian than Asiatic species. distinctive sulfur-crested cockatoos include, doves, imperial, the Sea Eagle and Male white chest. The seas surrounding the park are filled with more than 1000 species of fish and marine mammals.

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