Ujung Kulon National Park
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The Ujung Kulon National Park is located at the westmost tip of Java, Indonesia. It includes the volcanic archipelago of Krakatoa. The park encompasses an area of 1,206 km² (443 km² marine), most of which lies on a peninsula reaching into the Indian Ocean.
Being Indonesia's first national park, it has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 for containing the largest remaining part of lowland rainforest in Java. It is also a home for the last fifty to sixty members of the Javan Rhinoceros species.
The mainland part of Ujung Kulon was formerly farmland until it was devastated and depopulated by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa and went back to the jungle.
External Links
- http://users.bart.nl/~edcolijn/kulon.html includes a list of species found in Ujung Kulon
- http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/4466/ukulon1.htm detailed informationde:Ujung Kulon