Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park
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| Gunung Gede Pangrango National Park | |
|---|---|
| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
| Location | West Java, Indonesia |
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| Area | 151.96 km² |
| Established | 1980 |
Mount Gede Pangrango National Park is a national park in West Java, Indonesia. The park is centred on two volcanoes—Mount Gede (2,958 m) and Mount Pangrango (3,019 m)—and is 150 square kilometres in area.[1]
It evolved from already existing conservation areas, such as Cibodas Nature Reserve, Cimungkat Nature Reseve, Situgunung Recreational Park and Mount Gede Pangrango Nature Reserve, and has been the site of important biological and conservation research over the last century.[1]
Lower and upper montane and subalpine forests are within the park and have been well studied. To the north of Mount Gede is a field of Javanese Edelweiss (Anaphalis javanica). The park contains a large number of species known to occur only within its boundaries, however, this may be a result of the disproportionate amount of research over many years.[1]
The area is two hours drive from the Indonesian national capital, Jakarta, usually via Cibodas Botanical Garden.
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- ^ a b c Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland, pages 127-28. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
