🌐 Komodo

Indonesia · Asia · Biosphere Reserve · 8.37°S, 129.35°E

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The Komodo Biosphere Reserve and National Park is situated between Flores and Sumbawa in Indonesia. It is renowned for its population of about 5,000 giant lizards, called 'Komodo dragons'. They exist nowhere else in the world and are of significant interest to scientists studying the theory of evolution.

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Quick facts

CountryIndonesia
Continent / regionAsia
Protection type🌐 Biosphere Reserve
Coordinates (approx.)8.37°S, 129.35°E · view on map

Komodo is a biosphere reserve in Indonesia, in Asia. The details of why Komodo is ecologically important are described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

More protected areas in Indonesia

Bromo Tengger Semeru National Park · Wakatobi National Park · Bogani Nani Wartabone National Park · Giam Siak Kecil-Bukit Batu · Tesso Nilo National Park · Bukit Seguntang · Arfak Reserve · Lorentz National Park.

Coordinates are an approximate area centre. Introduction & image: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), cached 30 days; the page renders even if the feed is momentarily unreachable.

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