Batu Sapi
Coordinates: 5 ° 47 ′ 51.5 ″ N , 118 ° 2 ′ 31 ″ E
The Batu Sapi ( German: Bull Rock ) is a striking, around four meter high rock formation created by marine erosion .
It is located in a small bay on the shoreline of Sandakan Bay near Kampung Gas, about ten kilometers southwest of the city of Sandakan in the Malaysian state of Sabah .
In the 1970s the stone was still in the middle of untouched nature. It was not until the late 1960s that the Sabah Foundation awarded large parcels of land in the vicinity to industrial companies who built the tropical wood complex here. In the course of these measures, road access was also created in 1970/71.
In the 1980s, the area around Batu Sapi was acquired by a private company who installed a fence, making it impossible for the public to access it. It was not until the 2000s that public efforts began to make Batu Sapi accessible as a tourist attraction. However, the access control was again outsourced to a private company, which closed the path to the rock along the factory fence with a gate and placed a ticket booth.
The gate has now been removed so that there is free access. However, the area around the rock formation suffers from pollution and illegal waste dumping.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Will Koh: Down Memory Lane Sandakan ; Accessed February 13, 2013
- ↑ On-site review by the author on July 26, 2012 and February 13, 2013.
Remarks
- ↑ The local Chinese name for the rock translates as stone with three feet .