Ujung Kulon National Park

Ujung Kulon National Park
Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon
Map showing the location of Ujung Kulon National Park
Map showing the location of Ujung Kulon National Park
Ujung Kulon National Park
Location in Java
LocationBanten, Java, Indonesia
Nearest cityCilegon
Coordinates6°44′48″S 105°20′1″E / 6.74667°S 105.33361°E / -6.74667; 105.33361
Area122,956 acres (497.59 km2)
EstablishedFebruary 26, 1992 (1992-02-26)
Visitors2,385; about 12,000 in 2014. (in 2007[1])
Governing bodyMinistry of Environment and Forestry
World Heritage site1991
Websitetnujungkulon.menlhk.go.id
CriteriaNatural: vii, x
Reference608
Inscription1991 (15th Session)

Ujung Kulon National Park is a national park at the westernmost tip of Java, located in Sumur District of Pandeglang Regency, part of Banten province in Indonesia. It once included the volcanic island group of Krakatoa in Lampung province,[2][3] although current maps has suggested the Krakatoa island group as its own protected area, the Pulau Anak Krakatau Marine Nature Reserve.[4]

The area has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for "containing the largest remaining area of lowland rainforests in Java", and also for possessing the most threatened species of rhino, the Javan rhino.[5] It was designated before its formation as a national park.

The park fully encompasses the Ujung Kulon peninsula, along with surrounding islands and the Gunung Honje mountain range.

Ujung Kulon itself means Western End or Point West in Sundanese/Bantenese.

  1. ^ Forestry statistics of Indonesia 2007, retrieved 20 May 2010
  2. ^ Ismu, Sutanto Suwelo; Kuncoro, D. M.; Saribi, A. F. N. (1982). Taman Nasional Ujung Kulon, Sorga Badak Jawa (in Indonesian). Pustaka Jaya. pp. 26–27.
  3. ^ Centre, UNESCO World Heritage. "Ujung Kulon National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
  4. ^ Sudrajat, Ajat; Rahmat, U. Mamat (26 October 2017). PETA WILAYAH TAMAN NASIONAL UJUNG KULON KABUPATEN PANDEGLANG PROVINSI BANTEN (Map). 1:75,000 (in Indonesian). Pandeglang, BA: Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry.
  5. ^ "Ujung Kulon National Park". UNESCO World Heritage Centre. UNESCO. Retrieved 16 April 2024.