Lombok Island is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands or Nusa Tenggara are separated by the Lombok Strait from Bali in sebelat west and the Alas Strait to the east of Sumbawa. The island is roughly spherical with a sort of "tail" in the southwest, approximately 70 km in length. Area of the island reaches 5435 km ², placing it on 108 rating from the list based on the breadth of the island in the world. The main town on the island is Mataram.
Administrative division
Lombok including the provinces of West Nusa Tenggara and the island it self is divided into four districts and one municipality:
- Mataram Municipality
- Regency West Lombok
- Central Lombok
- Regency of East Lombok
- North Lombok
Geography
Lombok Strait marks the boundaries of flora and fauna of Asia. Starting from the island of Lombok to the east, more indicative of flora and fauna similarity with the flora and fauna found in Australia than Asia. Scientists who first stated this is Alfred Russel Wallace, an Englishman in the 19th century. To honor this limit is called the Wallace Line.
Topography of the island is dominated by Rinjani volcano which reaches a height of 3726 meters above sea level and makes it the third highest in Indonesia. The mountain last erupted in June-July 1994. In 1997 the mountain region and the middle of the lake Segara Anak otherwise protected by the government. Areas south of the island consists mostly of fertile land used for agriculture, commodities are usually planted in this area such as corn, rice, coffee, tobacco and cotton.
