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The Lesser Sunda Islands differ from the large islands of Java or Sumatra in consisting of many small islands, sometimes divided by deep oceanic trenches. Movement of flora and fauna between islands is limited, leading to the evolution of a high rate of localized species, most famously the Komodo dragon . [ 5 ]
"Sunda Islands" . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 26 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. Visible earth page on the lesser Sunda islands (in English and French) Map of a Part of China, the Philippine Islands, the Isles of Sunda, the Moluccas, the Papuans is a map from around 1760 featuring the Sunda Islands
Nusa Penida (Balinese: ᬦᬸᬲᬧᭂᬦᬶᬤ, romanized: nusa pĕnida) is an island located near the southeastern Indonesian island of Bali, which forms a district of the same name in Klungkung Regency. The Badung Strait separates the island and Bali. The interior of Nusa Penida is hilly with a maximum altitude of 524 metres, and the climate ...
Komodo National Park featured on the reverse of the 50,000 rupiah banknote. The island of Padar and part of Rinca were established as nature reserves in 1938. [3]Komodo Island was declared a nature reserve in 1965, [4] and in January 1977 as a biosphere reserve under the UNESCO Man and Biosphere Reserve Programme.
Nusa Lembongan is an island located southeast of Bali, Indonesia. It is part of a group of three islands that make up the Nusa Penida district, of which it is the most famous of the three islands of Nusa Penida, Nusa Lembongan, and Nusa Ceningan - known together as the "Nusa Islands". [1] This island group, in turn, is part of the Lesser Sunda ...
Module:Location map/data/Indonesia Lesser Sunda Islands is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Lesser Sunda Islands. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
English: Location map of Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia. Equirectangular projection, N/S stretching 101 %. Geographic limits of the map: N: 3.0° S; S: 11.8° S;
Location of the Alor Archipelago Pantar, one of the islands Kangge, one of the smallest islands in the archipelago. The Alor Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Alor) is part of Indonesia and is located in the eastern part of Lesser Sunda Islands. Alor is the largest island in the archipelago which is located at its eastern end.