Adonara is an island in the Lesser Sunda Islands of Indonesia, located east of the larger island of Flores in the Solor Archipelago. To the east lies Lomblen. It is the highest of the islands of the archipelago, at 1659 metres, and has an area of 497 km. It is in the East Nusa Tenggara province.
Local history on Adonara is documented from the sixteenth century, when Portuguese traders and missionaries established a post on the nearby Island of So...
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