- Mount Halimun Salak National Park
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Mount Halimun National Park IUCN Category II (National Park)
View of Mount Salak from a rocky river bed (ca.1920).Location in Java
Mount Halimun Salak NPLocation West Java, Indonesia Nearest city Sukabumi Coordinates 6°48′S 106°29′E / 6.8°S 106.483°ECoordinates: 6°48′S 106°29′E / 6.8°S 106.483°E Area 400 km² Established 1992 Visitors 7,000 (in 2006[1]) Governing body Ministry of Forestry Mount Halimun Salak National Park is a 400km2 conservation area in the Indonesian province of West Java on the island of Java. Established in 1992, the park comprises two mountains, Mount Salak and Mount Halimun.[2] It is located near the better known Mount Gede Pangrango National Park, and close to the city of Bogor and the Bogor Botanical Gardens.
The park contains water catchment areas shielded from urban populations an agricultural areas to the north,[3] as well as several endangered animals and rare birds.[4]
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Geography
Its mountain tops reach 1,929 metres and are often mist-shrouded, while its valleys are thought to hide much that remains to be discovered.[3] Mount Salak is a critical water catchment area for its very high rainfall.[5]
Ecology
Mount Halimun NP is one of few remaining secure habitats of Javan Lutung
The lower zones hold secure populations of the endangered West Javan Gibbon (Hylobates moloch moloch) - a sub-species of the Silvery Gibbon. Mount Halimun is its most secure habitat, but its range is restricted to a thin ring around the park as the species is not found above 1,200 metres.[3] Javan Lutung (Trachypithecus auratus), and other endemic species are evident; about half its 145 known bird species are rarely seen elsewhere in Java.[3]
Notes
- ^ Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak: Visitor Information, (Indonesian) retrieved 18 May 2010
- ^ Whitten, Anthony J.; Whitten, Tony; Soeriaatmadja, Roehayat Emon; Suraya A. Afiff (1997-07-15). The ecology of Java and Bali. Oxford University Press. p. 213. ISBN 9789625930725. http://books.google.com/?id=_pIcG_aZGjsC. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ a b c d Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland. pp. page 128–131. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
- ^ "Taman Nasional Gunung Halimun Salak (TNGHS)" (in Indonesian). Gunung Halimun Salak National Park Management Project. http://www.tnhalimun.go.id/. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
- ^ Foundation, Raptor Research (2003-01-01). The Journal of raptor research. Allen Press. http://books.google.com/?id=lZZKAAAAYAAJ. Retrieved 17 May 2010.
References
- Whitten, Tony and Jane (1992). Wild Indonesia: The Wildlife and Scenery of the Indonesian Archipelago. United Kingdom: New Holland. pp. page 128–131. ISBN 1-85368-128-8.
External links
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