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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.
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 chart below shows the national parks in Ireland. The first park established in Ireland was Killarney National Park located in County Kerry in 1932. Since then a further 7 national parks have been opened; the most recent being Páirc Náisiúnta na Mara in County Kerry, the first marine national park and the largest in the state [1]
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The Irish state has officially approved the following list of national monuments in County Cork. In the Republic of Ireland, a structure or site may be deemed to be a "national monument", and therefore worthy of state protection, if it is of national importance. If the land adjoining the monument is essential to protect it, this land may also ...
The boundaries on these maps always show the de facto situation and do not imply any endorsement or acceptance. In case of changes of the shown area the file is updated. The old version will be uploaded as a new file and thus is still available. Date: 18 September 2014: Source: Own work using: United States National Imagery and Mapping Agency data
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 .
This image is a derivative work of the following images: File:Island_of_Ireland_location_map.svg licensed with Cc-by-sa-3.0 . 2010-03-06T20:43:33Z Rannpháirtí anaithnid 1450x1807 (679207 Bytes) Fix incorrectly coloured isands.