Lembata is an island in the
Lesser Sunda Islands, formerly known as
Lomblen island, is the largest island of the
Solor Archipelago, in the
Lesser Sunda Islands,
Indonesia. It forms part of the
province of
Nusa Tenggara Timur.
The length of the island is about 80 km from the Southwest to the
Northeast and the width is about 30 km from the West to the East. It
rises to a height of 1533 m.
To the west lie the other islands in the archipelago, most notably
Solor and
Adonara, and then the larger island of
Flores. To the east is the
Alor Strait, which separates this archipelago from the
Alor Archipelago. To the south across the
Savu Sea lies the island of
Timor, while to the north the western branch of the
Banda Sea separates it from
Buton and the other islands of
Southeast Sulawesi.
