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Padar has a dry climate, and its vegetation consists mainly of bushes and grasslands, creating a savanna-like landscape. The island features four deep bays with beaches of varying colors; most are white sand, while some have gray and pink sands. [3] [4] The waters around Padar are also known for several popular sites for scuba diving and ...
The park includes the three larger islands Komodo, Padar and Rinca, and 26 smaller ones, with a total area of 1,733 km 2 (603 km 2 of it land). The national park was founded in 1980 to protect the Komodo dragon, the world's largest lizard. Later it was dedicated to protecting other species, including marine species.
The islands of Indonesia, also known as the Indonesian Archipelago (Kepulauan Indonesia) or Nusantara, may refer either to the islands composing the country of Indonesia or to the geographical groups which include its islands. [3]
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Padar (island), a small island part of Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia located within Komodo National Park; Padar, Azerbaijan (disambiguation), several places; Padar (Jammu and Kashmir), a region in Jammu and Kashmir, India; Padar, Rewa, a village in Madhya Pradesh, India; Padar, Iran, a village in Razavi Khorasan Province, Iran
Pantar (Indonesian: Pulau Pantar) is the second largest island in the Indonesian Alor Archipelago, after Alor.To the east is the island of Alor and other small islands in the archipelago; to the west is the Alor Strait, which separates it from the Solor Archipelago.
A building in Tanimbar. Geographically, the northeast islands are still part of the Lesser Sunda Islands.The Aru Islands and Kai Islands lie to the northeast, and Babar Island and Timor lie to the west.
Sulawesi (/ ˌ s uː l ə ˈ w eɪ s i / SOO-lə-WAY-see), [1] also known as Celebes (/ ˈ s ɛ l ɪ b iː z, s ə ˈ l iː b iː z / SEL-ib-eez, sə-LEE-beez), [2] is an island in Indonesia.One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's 11th-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Archipelago.