Ujung Kulon National Park occupies the southwestern tip of the island of Java, in Indonesia, and the nearby islands. It is best known as the last refuge of the Javan rhinoceros, one of the rarest large mammals in the world, which survives in this area in very small numbers. The park also protects lowland rainforest, mangroves and coral reefs, and it is home to banteng, leopards, gibbons and many birds. The area was partly devastated by the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa, and the tsunami left it largely uninhabited, which later helped wildlife to recover. It was designated a World Heritage Site in 1991.
Before and after
- from January 1980 to April 1991Siege of Khost
- 1980Establishment of Jaú National Park
- c. 1980sInvention of laptop
- 1980Establishment of Komodo National Park
- 1980Establishment of Ujung Kulon National Park
- 1980First light of Karl G. Jansky Very Large Array
- 1980Establishment of Darién National Park
- 1980Establishment of Gates of the Arctic National Park and Preserve
- 1980Establishment of Wrangell–St. Elias National Park and Preserve
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- 1 January 1954Establishment of Niokolo-Koba National Park
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- 1976Establishment of Sagarmatha National Park
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