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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.
Geoff Keighley (/ ˈ k iː l i / KEE-lee; born () June 24, 1978) is a Canadian video game journalist and television presenter, best known for his role as the host of several video game industry conferences and presentations. [1]
Mount Caroline Livermore (also known as Mount Livermore) is the high point of Angel Island, in Angel Island State Park, near the city of Tiburon in the San Francisco Bay, in the U.S. state of California. Its elevation is 791 feet (241 m).
Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. It lies between the substantially larger neighbouring islands Sumbawa to the west and Flores to the east. The island's surface area covers 291 square kilometres. Komodo Island is home to the Komodo Dragon, the largest lizard on earth.
One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories.
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' (Varanus komodoensis). They exist nowhere else in the world and are of significant interest to scientists studying the theory of evolution. [1]
The island, volcanic in origin, is approximately 30 km 2 (12 mi 2) in area. Home to a small population of about 100 Komodo dragons, Gili Motang is part of Komodo National Park. [1] In 1991 as part of the national park, Gili Motang was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.