Saturday 28 April 2012

Mount Pangrango


Mount Pangrango Crater

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centred on two volcanoes—Mount Gede and Mount Pangrango— and is 150 km² in area. Gunung Gede-Pangrango National Park, designated in 1980, is one of the first five national parks in Indonesia. However, its unique characteristics have made it a natural laboratory for researchers since long before this time. In 1977 the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) declared it as a World Network of Biosphere Reserve. Gunung Gede-Pangrango is widely known for its wealth of bird species: 251 of the 450 species in Java inhabit this Park.

Mount Gede Pangrango National Park

Mount Pangrango

 Gunung Gede-Pangrango is widely known for its wealth of
bird species: 251 of the 450 species in Java inhabit this Park.

Endangered species, Javan hawk eagle (Spizaetus bartelsi)
  
Endangered species, owl (Otus angelinae)