July 19, 2017
Posted by
ramon in
Astronomy,
Class 1,
Coastlines,
Day Hike,
Diving,
Hiking,
Indonesia,
Islands,
IUCN Protected Category 2,
Looped Hike,
National Parks,
Nusa Tenggara Timur,
Reefs,
Tropical Coral Reefs,
Tropical Savanna,
UNESCO Komodo Island
The volcanic island of Komodo (along with Padar, Rinca and an archipelago of smaller islands) is a part of Komodo National Park, an area that was founded in 1980 and declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1991. The national park was formed to protect, and is an eponym of, its most famous denizen--the mighty Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis), the world's largest and most dangerous lizard. The islands are
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