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Site Description
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A large bay with eight islands: Pulau Besar, Pomana Besar, Pomana Kecil, Gosong Bone Atoll, Dambilah, Babi, Prarmahan, and Kondo islands.
The coastal area is fringed by mangrove forests and coral reefs and sandy beaches (with dry beach forest). The landscape is beautiful and has high recreational value.
Principal vegetation: Rhizophora sp., Sonneratia alba, Avicennia sp., Bruguiera sp.
Teluk Maumere is the center for diving activity in east Flores. At least there are 13 dive sites in this Maumere Bay. The reefs of Maumere Bay were widely acknowledged to be among the finest in Asia. The major reefs occur around Pomana Besar island, and Damilahan island. The reefs are known to be rich in reef fish species.
In December 1992, the seaside town of 40,000 people was smashed by a powerful earthquake, and a huge tidal wave (estimated to be over 10 m tall), and causing massive loss of life. |
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Site Location |
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Maumere Bay is located at the eastern part of Flores island. Maumere is the nearest town from the site. Maumere can be reached by plane (from Kupang, Bima, Denpasar, Ujung Pandang by Merpati Air); by sea (PELNI ferries ply between Maumere and all the islands of NTT); or on land by buses available to/from towns in Flores. |
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Special Memmo |
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The site is important as the main dive site in east Flores. |
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| | List of Birds (14 species) | |
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| Species |
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| Actitis hypoleucos | | | | Butorides striatus | | | | Ciconia episcopus | | | | Dicaeum agile | | | | Dicaeum igniferum | | | | Ducula aenea | | | | Ducula rosacea | | | | Haliaeetus leucogaster | | App II | | Haliastur indus | | App II | | Hieraaetus fasciatus | | App II | | Nycticorax caledonicus | | | | Pandion haliaetus | | App II | | Treron floris | Lower Risk | | | Zosterops wallacei | | |
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| | List of Mamal (4 species) | |
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| Cervus timorensis | | | | Delphinus delphis | Insufficiently Know | App II | | Dugong dugon | Vulnerable | App I | | Paradoxurus hermaphroditus | Vulnerable | |
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| | List of Fish (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Crustaseans (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Mollusk (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Fish (0 species) | |
No data found for the provided SITE_COD.
| | List of Reptile (4 species) | |
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| Chelonia mydas | Endengered | App I | | Mabuya sp. | | | | Python sp. | | | | Varanus sp. | | |
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| | List of Vegetation (4 species) | |
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| Avicennia sp. | | | | Bruguiera sp. | | | | Rhizophora sp. | | | | Sonneratia alba | | |
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