28/05/2015
Karimunjawa islands in the Java Sea and still included in the district of Jepara, Central Java. Karimunjawa name comes from the legend of Sunan Muria who ordered his son to an island that looks kremun - kremun of Mount Moriah to deepen and develop the science of religion. Kremun - kremun is a Javanese word which means vague - vague. Because it looks "kremun - kremun Jowo cornerstone" of the island named the island of Karimun.
Karimun islands located approximately 83 km to the north of Jepara. The main potential in Karimun are underwater natural beauty with a variety of marine life. With the potential of marine parks, the Indonesian government set karimunjawa as a national park since 2001 under the name National Park Publications.
Karimunjawa National Park consists of a cluster of 27 small islands. Of these there were only 5 populated islands, among other Karimun Island, Genting Island, Kemujan Island, Mosquito Island and Parang Island. Each island has a beautiful beach which is amazing. Being the other islands, though uninhabited, but to - 22 is not less beautiful island with white sand beaches stretch charming and dear to us miss As a national park at the same time marine park, Karimunjawa is home to coral reefs, mangroves, coastal forests, and nearly 400 species of marine fauna. Various types of coral reefs that can be found in the National Park Publications include coral reefs or beaches also called fringing reefs (fringing reef), barrier reefs (barrier reef), and a few taka (patch reef).
The wealth of marine life in Karimunjawa diverse genus reached 51, with more than 90 species of coral and 242 species of ornamental fish. Some protected biota, among others, the root bahar or black coral, red coral, the head of the goat, triton trumpet, hollow nautilus, stone game, and clams. Some types of algae are also often I have encountered here. However, most often I see is a green algae, brown algae and red
n some island you can find beaches and mangrove forests with characteristic presence ketapan plants, sea pine, teak sand, Setigi, sea hibiscus, and black mangrove. Plants that characterizes in the forest - the forest in the National Park Karimunjawa is Dewadaru or there is also a call by name Nagasari. By the Java community this plant is considered sacred, there is even a myth that if Dewadaru plants should not be taken out of this island.
A variety of land animals can also meet in Karimun, such as deer, long-tailed macaques, 40 species of birds such as green pergam, sea eagle white chest, trocokan or yellow-vented bulbul, parrot, as well as hawksbill and green turtles. For the record, Karimunjawa National Park is one of the few places that you can visit to see the sea eagle white chest, hawksbill and green turtles are endangered species are endangered.
