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Wakatobi National Park is a marine national park in Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. The
name of Wakatobi is an acronym of the four main Islands : Wangi-wangi, Kaledupa, Tomia,
and Binongko. Since 2005 the park is listed as a tentative World Heritage Site.

Wakatobi has a potential marine natural resources of high value both kind and unique,
with amazing underwater panorama. In general, the marine waters have configurations ranging
from flat to sloping towards the sea, and there are some areas that steep waters. The depth of the
water are varies, the deepest part reaches 1,044 meters with bottom waters mostly sandy and
rocky.
The underwater biodiversity of Wakatobi is claimed to be higher than that of the Caribbean and Egypt,
currently known as the world’s top diving centers. Around 90 percent of the globe’s 850 coral species or 750 species
found in Wakatobi..

There are also leaf corals, presenting attractive formations at a depth of 12 meters. Small
fish such as cardinal and damsel fish are swimming around them, while hundreds of yellowback
fusilier are moving in a group near the surface.

Then, this island has been named as a "paradise under the sea" at the eastern tip of
Indonesia.