Komodo National Park
Also known as Taman Nasional Komodo
Category
Natural
Inscribed under criteria (vii), (x).
Region
Asia and the Pacific
Indonesia
Inscribed
1991
Area
219,322 ha
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Location
Where it sits, and what is around it
Komodo National Park is about 90 km east of Raba.
Nearest towns and cities
- Raba · about 106,000 peopleabout 90 km west
- Ruteng · about 54,000 peopleabout 100 km east
- Waingapu · about 49,000 peopleabout 130 km south-east
- Ende · about 77,000 peopleabout 230 km east
- Maumere · about 104,000 peopleabout 290 km east
- Praya · about 35,000 peopleabout 360 km west
Nearby World Heritage sites
The nearest neighbours, as the crow flies
IndonesiaCultural469 km away
Further resources
The official record, while our own profile is in hand
The official record
- World Heritage Centre page for this sitewhc.unesco.org
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