Nusa Kambangan Islands

Nusa Kambangan Islands

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Nusa Kambangan is the name of an island in central Java, better known as a place situated some Correctional Institution (LP) high-security in Indonesia.
The island is included in the administrative area of ​​Cilacap and recorded in the list of the outer islands of Indonesia. To reach this island people have to cross by ferry from the port managed by a special Department of Justice Affairs namely from the Port Sodong cross to Cilacap, Central Java, for approximately five minutes and sat back in the ferry port in Cilacap Wijayapura. The ferry crossing is also specialized in nakhodai and manned by a correctional officer (prison officials), not from the Department of Transportation, specifically for the purpose of transfer of prisoner transportation and also serve the transport needs of the LP's own employees and their families.
Kambangan island, with the status as a nature reserve, but is often used for military training, is also a habitat for rare trees, but many have been felled illegally. When these are left are mostly herbaceous plant, palm, and shrubs. Wood plahlar (Dipterocarpus litoralis) that can only be found on the island is often stolen because once dried, has a quality that is equivalent to meranti wood from Borneo.
Traditionally, the successor to the Sultanate of Mataram dynasty often perform rituals on the island and make it as a "jungle ritual". In the western part of the island, in a cave located in the mangrove forest areas, there is a kind of relic of VOC inscriptions [citation needed].
At the east end, on top of the cliff, the lighthouse stood a small fort Cimiring and Portuguese heritage. Various kinds of typical plants grown Javanese cultural rituals here.
Nusa Kambangan recorded as the last defense of the plant Wijayakusuma true. From this island's name is derived: Nusa Kembangan, which means "island of flowers".