The Komodo National Park is located in Indonesia, in the area of the Lesser Sunda Islands, in the border region between the provinces of Nusa Tenggara Timur and Nusa Tenggara Barat. Map of Lesser Sunda Islands The Nusa Tenggara, or Lesser Sunda Islands, are a group of islands in the middle-south part of the Malay Archipelago. ... Categories: Indonesia geography stubs | Provinces of Indonesia ... Categories: Indonesia geography stubs | Provinces of Indonesia ...

The national park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Rinca and Padar, as well as numerous smaller ones. At land it encompasses an area of 603 km², and 1817 km² in total. Yosemite National Park in the United States. ... Komodo is an island of Indonesia, one of the places where the Komodo Dragon can be found in the wild. ... (indonesian spelling - Rinca is also used. ...

The national park was founded in 1980, at first only in order to protect the Komodo Dragon. Later it was dedicated to the conservation of flora and fauna in general, including the maritime areas. 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ... Binomial name Varanus komodoensis Ouwens, 1912 The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is the largest lizard in the world, growing to an average length of 2-3 metres (10 feet) and weighing between 80 and 140 kg (175 to 310 lb). ...

The islands of the national park are of volcanic origin. Within its area there are living about 4000 inhabitants. In 1991 the national park was accepted as World Heritage by the UNESCO. Eruption redirects here. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Elabana Falls is in Lamington National Park, part of the Central Eastern Rainforest Reserves World Heritage site in Queensland, Australia. ... UNESCO logo The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, commonly known as UNESCO, is a specialized agency of the United Nations system established in 1945. ...

The variety of marine life for scuba diving in Komodo rivals the world's best dive destinations. This is the world's epicentre for marine diversity and you'll see loads of stuff here on a diving cruise that you just won't see anywhere else in the world - From whale sharks, sunfish, mantas and eagle rays to pymgy seahorses, ornate ghost pipefish, clown frogfish, nudibranchs and blue-ringed octopus - all at home amongst a spectacular range of colourful sponges, sea squirts, tunicates and corals - a macro enthusiast's heaven. Binomial name Rhincodon typus (Smith, 1828) The whale shark (Rhincodon typus) is a distinctively-marked member of the subclass Elasmobranchii of the class Chondrichthyes. ... Binomial name Mola mola (Linnaeus, 1758) The Ocean Sunfish (Mola mola) is a bizarre pelagic fish, the largest bony fish in the world, with specimens observed up to 3. ... Binomial name Manta birostris Dondorff, 1798 The manta ray, or giant manta, is the largest of the rays, ranging up to 6. ... Genera Myliobatis Rhinoptera Pteromylaeus Aetobatus Aetomylaeus Eagle rays (Myliobatidae) are a family of mostly large rays living in the open sea rather than at the bottom of the sea. ... Infraorders See text Nudibranchs (Nudibranchia), form the largest suborder of the order Opisthobranchia, subclass Orthogastropoda, class Gastropoda in the phylum Mollusca. ... Species Hapalochlaena fasciata Hapalochlaena lunulata Hapalochlaena maculosa Hapalochlaena nierstraszi (disputed) The blue-ringed octopuses (genus Hapalochlaena) are three or four small octopus species that live in tide pools in the Pacific, in places from Japan to Australia. ... It has been suggested that Porifera/Temp be merged into this article or section. ... // Headline text Headline text Headline text Headline text Bold text Orders Scleractinia Corals are gastrovascular marine cnidarians (phylum Cnidaria; class Anthozoa) existing as small sea anemone-like polyps, typically forming colonies of many individuals. ...

External links

• http://www.komodonationalpark.org/
• Komodo Dive Sites