Coordinates: 08°44′33″S 119°42′3″E / 8.7425°S 119.70083°E / -8.7425; 119.70083

Rincah

Native name: Pulau Rindja
Rincah island
Geography
Rincah Rincah (Indonesia)
Location	Maritime Southeast Asia
Archipelago	Lesser Sunda Islands
Area	198 km²
Country
Indonesia
Province	East Nusa Tenggara

Rincah, also known as Rinca and Rindja, is a small island near Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The island is famous for komodo dragons, giant lizards that can measure up to three meters (ten feet) long. Rincah is also populated with many other species such as wild pigs, buffalos and many birds.

Being less known and less visited than Komodo it is an excellent place to see the Komodo Dragon in its natural environment with fewer people to disturb them. Day trips can be arranged from Labuanbajo on Flores by small boat at the park headquarters.

The island's area is 198 km².^[1]

[edit] Sea conditions

Rindja and Komodo bracket a north-south passage between the Indian Ocean and the Flores Sea. Due to the large bodies of water and narrow gap, the waters between Rindja and Komodo are subject to whirlpools and currents in excess of 10 knots.^[2]

In June 2008, five scuba divers (three British, one French and one Swedish) were found on the Southern coast of Rincah after having been missing for 2 days. The group had drifted 20 miles (32 km) from where their dive boat abandoned them. They survived on shellfish and oysters.^[3]

[edit] See also

Komodo National Park

[edit] References

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