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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
Although both Timor and Sumba, which lies to the south, are also considered part of the Lesser Sunda Islands, they constitute separate ecoregions. Flores is the largest of the islands at 13,540 km 2. The islands are mostly mountainous, and Mount Rinjani on Lombok is the highest point at 3,726 meters elevation. [6]
August 2003 NASA satellite photograph of the Lesser Sunda Islands; Sumba is in the bottom centre. The largest town on the island is the main port of Waingapu near the mouth of the Kambaniru River, with a population of 71,752 [1] (including the adjoining district of Kambera) in mid 2023.
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The Solor Archipelago (Indonesian: Kepulauan Solor) is a group of islands in the Lesser Sunda Islands, Indonesia, lying to the east of Flores and the west of the Alor Strait and the Alor Archipelago. To the north is the west part of the Banda Sea, while to the south across the Savu Sea lies the island of Timor.
List of rivers flowing in the Lesser Sunda Islands (Indonesian: Kepulauan Nusa Tenggara), Indonesia. [1] The main Lesser Sunda Islands are, from west to east: Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Flores, Sumba, Timor, Alor archipelago, Barat Daya Islands, and Tanimbar Islands. [2] Lesser Sunda Islands in Indonesia
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. Pantar is the second-largest island in the archipelago, situated between Alor and Lembata.