🏝️ Ujung Kulon National Park
UNESCO World Heritage Site protecting the critically endangered Javan rhinoceros and pristine tropical ecosystems in West Java, Indonesia
📌 Fast Facts
- UNESCO World Heritage Site inscribed in 1991 under criteria (vii) and (x)
- Covers terrestrial and marine ecosystems across the Ujung Kulon Peninsula, Peucang and Panaitan Islands, and the Krakatoa Reserve area
- Final habitat of fewer than 80 Javan rhinoceros, the world's rarest large mammal
- Located at the western tip of Java near the Sunda Strait, shaped by the 1883 Krakatoa eruption
Ujung Kulon National Park is a UNESCO World Heritage Site at Java's western extremity, encompassing lowland rainforest, mangrove ...