Flores
Flores is one of the Lesser Sunda Islands, an island arc. Its area is about 14,300 square kilometres (5,500 sq mi). It goes east from the island of Java. There are about 1.5 million people in Flores.[1] The largest town is Maumere.
Flores is east of Sumbawa and Komodo. It is west of Lembata and the Alor Archipelago. To the southeast is Timor. To the south is the Sumba strait. The Flores Sea is to the north.
On December 12 1992, an earthquake measuring 7.0 on the Richter scale occurred. It killed 2,000 people in the town of Maumere.
Flores Media
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Some fishing boats on Flores
Komodo dragon at Komodo National Park, Indonesia
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Saint Angela Church in Labuan Bajo
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Jesus statue in Maumere
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Vrouwen van de Ngadastam met spinstaafjes weeftoestel en spinnewiel TMnr 10006048.jpg
Ngada women with spinning rods, loom and spinning wheel.
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H. floresiensis skull, Cantonal Museum of Geology, Switzerland
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Liang Bua Cave, where the specimens were discovered
- COLLECTIE TROPENMUSEUM Man met hoofddoek en borstsieraden van een kampong te Flores TMnr 10005924.jpg
Villager with a headdress and chest ornamentation
References
- ↑ "Trapping Komodo Dragons for Conservation" National Geographic - 28 Jan 2003
