Mount Rinjani National Park is located on the island of
Lombok,
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
in the
North Lombok Regency
North Lombok Regency ( id, Kabupaten Lombok Utara) is a regency of the Indonesian Province of West Nusa Tenggara. It is located on the island of Lombok and the capital is Tanjung situated on the northwest coast of the island. The regency covers a ...
. The park covers about and consists of mountainous areas.
Mount Rinjani
Mount Rinjani ( id, Gunung Rinjani) is an active volcano in Indonesia on the island of Lombok. Administratively the mountain is in the Regency of North Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara (Indonesian: ''Nusa Tenggara Barat'', NTB). It rises to , making ...
(''Gunung Rinjani''), which is the third highest volcano of Indonesia at , is located in this national park, giving this park its name.
[Ministry of Forestry of Indonesia]
"Gunung Rinjani National Park"
, retrieved 3 December 2013
Flora and fauna
Some of endangered plants protected in this national park, such as: ''
Pterospermum javanicum'',
''
Swietenia macrophylla
''Swietenia macrophylla'', commonly known as mahogany, Honduran mahogany, Honduras mahogany, or big-leaf mahogany is a species of plant in the Meliaceae family. It is one of three species that yields genuine mahogany timber (Swietenia), the othe ...
'', ''
Ficus superba
''Ficus superba'', also known as sea fig or deciduous fig, is a hemiepiphytic tree of genus ''Ficus''. It is one of the species known as banyans or "strangler figs" because of its potential to grow as a hemi-epiphyte and eventually progress to ...
'', ''
Toona sureni
''Toona sureni'' is a species of tree in the mahogany family. It is native to South Asia, Indochina, Malesia, China, and Papua New Guinea. It is commonly known as the suren toon, surian, limpaga, iron redwood or the red cedar (a name also share ...
'', ''
Vanda'' sp., ''
Usnea
''Usnea'' is a genus of mostly pale grayish-green fruticose lichens that grow like leafless mini-shrubs or tassels anchored on bark or twigs.Field Guide to California Lichens, Stephen Sharnoff, Yale University Press, 2014, The genus is in the f ...
'' sp and ''
Anaphalis'' sp.
There are also several endangered fauna protected in this national park, including
rusa deer,
Indian muntjac,
Sunda porcupine,
surili
The surilis are a group of Old World monkeys in the genus ''Presbytis''. They live in the Thai-Malay Peninsula, on Sumatra, Borneo, Java and smaller nearby islands. Besides surili, the common names for the monkeys in the genus also sometimes us ...
monkeys,
helmeted friarbird
The helmeted friarbird (''Philemon buceroides'') is part of the ''Honeyeater, Meliphagidae'' family. The helmeted friarbird, along with all their subspecies, is commonly referred to as “leatherhead” by the birding community.
Description
Th ...
, several
cockatoos and
scaly-crowned honeyeater.
See also
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List of national parks of Indonesia
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Geography of Indonesia
Indonesia is an archipelagic country located in Southeast Asia, lying between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. It is located in a strategic location astride or along major sea lanes connecting East Asia, South Asia and Oceania. Indonesia ...
References
External links
Gunung Rinjani National Park*
UNEP
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) is responsible for coordinating responses to environmental issues within the United Nations system. It was established by Maurice Strong, its first director, after the United Nations Conference on th ...
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WCMC World Database on Protected Areas
Gunung Rinjani National ParkGunung Rinjani National Park for Charity
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National parks of Indonesia
Geography of Lombok
Geography of West Nusa Tenggara
Tourist attractions in West Nusa Tenggara