Manusela National Park

Manusela National Park
The jungle of Manusela National Park
Map showing the location of Manusela National Park
Map showing the location of Manusela National Park
Manusela NP
Location of Manusela NP in Maluku
LocationMaluku, Indonesia
Nearest cityAmbon
Coordinates3°3′S 129°26′E / 3.050°S 129.433°E / -3.050; 129.433
Area1,890 km2
Established1997
Governing bodyMinistry of Forestry

Manusela National Park is located on Seram island, in the Maluku archipelago of Indonesia. It is made up of coastal forest, swamp forest, lowland and montane rainforest ecosystem types. Mount Binaiya at 3,027 meters, is the highest of the park's six mountains. Seram is remarkable for its high degree of localised bird endemism.[1] The park also includes important karst landscapes. On Mount Hatu Saka, near the coast of Saleman-Sawai, it is the Goa Hatusaka, currently the deepest cave of the whole Indonesia.[2][3]

  1. ^ BirdLife International: Saving Asia's threatened birds Archived 2010-11-30 at the Wayback Machine, 2003, retrieved 18 May 2010
  2. ^ "Cave and Karst Prospecting within Seram Island".
  3. ^ "Seram 2015_Sapalewa Underground River".