Nusa Lembongan
| Nusa Lembongan | ||
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| Waters | Lombok Strait , Lake Bali | |
| Archipelago | Lesser Sunda Islands | |
| Geographical location | 8 ° 40 '54 " S , 115 ° 27' 4" O | |
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| surface | 8 km² | |
| Residents | 5000 625 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Lembongan | |
Nusa Lembongan is an island southeast of Bali , Indonesia and part of the Lesser Sunda Islands .
administration
The island is part of the Klungkung sub-district . Nusa Lembongan is one of three small islands off the coast of Bali that make up this sub-district, the others being: Nusa Penida and Nusa Ceningan . Nusa Lembongan is a popular destination for excursions from Bali and, compared to the neighboring islands, offers a larger tourist infrastructure.
geography
Nusa Lembongan is about eight square kilometers and its population is estimated at 5,000. Twelve kilometers of the Badung Strait separate Nusa Lembongan from Bali. The island is of coral reefs surround and has white sand beaches and small limestone - cliffs . Nusa Lembongan is separated from Nusa Cenignan by a shallow channel that is difficult to navigate when the tide is low . A suspension bridge for pedestrians and two-wheelers only connects Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Ceningan. There are no waterways on Nusa Lembongan.
There are three villages on the island. Jungut Batu and Mushroom Bay are the centers of tourism, while a majority of the permanent residents reside in the village of Lembongan.
To the east, the Lombok Strait separates the three islands from Lombok and marks the biogeographical separation between the fauna of the Indomalayan zone and the different fauna of Australasia . The transition is known as the Wallace Line , named after Alfred Russel Wallace who first proposed a transition zone between these two larger biomes .
The northeast side of the island is flanked by a relatively extensive zone of mangroves , about 212 hectares in total.
economy
The economy is largely based on tourism and Nusa Lembongan is the only one of the three neighboring islands with any significant infrastructure. Subsistence farming and fishing are also practiced and there is a seaweed farm.
environmental Protection
Environmental protection is seen as very important for the future of tourism on the island. In February 2009, a local NGO from Nusa Lembongan, supported by the Nature Conservancy Coral Triangle Center, opened a community center on the island. The waters around Nusa Lembongan and Nusa Penida contain 247 species of coral and 562 species of reef fish.
Other environmental initiatives include a relief program for the critically endangered olive ridged turtles on Sunset Beach on the southwest coast.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from December 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://nusalembongannews.blogspot.com/2009/05/news-and-rambles-from-nusa-lembongan.html
- ↑ http://www.nusalembonganproperty.com/about_nusa_lembongan.htm
- ↑ - ( Memento of the original from September 20, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/02/24/residents-lack-tools-monitor-destructive-fishing.html
- ↑ http://www.fao.org/docrep/field/009/ag155e/AG155E05.htm#ref4.5
- ↑ http://www.coraltrianglecenter.org/
- ↑ http://nusalembongannews.blogspot.com/2009/07/visitors-to-nusa-lembongan-doing-their.html
- ↑ http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/07/16/baby-sea-turtles-head-a-big-adventure.html
