Pulau Bait

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pulau Bait
Location of Pulau Bait in Darvel Bay
Location of Pulau Bait in Darvel Bay
Waters Celebes Sea
Geographical location 4 ° 33 '  N , 118 ° 33'  E Coordinates: 4 ° 33 '  N , 118 ° 33'  E
Pulau Bait (Malaysia)
Pulau Bait
length 8.3dep1
width 2 km
surface 18 km²
Highest elevation Bukit Limau Limau
110  m
main place Kg.bait

Pulau Bait is an island belonging to the Malaysian state Sabah in Darvel Bay, which is open to the Celebes Sea . The predominantly forested island is about 10 kilometers northwest of Semporna . The largely flat island extends 7.3 kilometers in a northeastern direction and is up to 2 kilometers wide. In the southwest lies the 110 m high Bukit Limau Limau (lemon hill ). In the north, Pulau Bait borders directly on Pulau Silawa ; the two islands are separated by a sandy, swampy strip at low tide. The island is separated from Pulau Larapan in the northeast by a navigable strait a few hundred meters narrow .

Demographics

There are a total of five settlements on the island:

  • Kg.bait
  • Kg.Limau-Limau
  • Kg.Melanta
  • Kg.Bakong-Bakong
  • Kg.Sumandi

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and NUsa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB), United States Navy Publication 163, Sector 10, Page 286, 2002; Accessed August 24, 2012
  2. ^ Topographic map 1: 90,000: Negeri Sabah Bahagian Tawau Daerah Semporna ; Eds. Jabatan Ukur & Permetaan Malaysia, 1st edition, 2010

Remarks

  1. ↑ The values ​​were approximately determined by evaluating the satellite image from google maps.
  2. ↑ For this reason, "Enroute" only refers to Pulau Silawa in the navigation literature , see Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and NUsa Tenggara , page 286.