Pulau Kalampunian

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Pulau Kalampunian
P. Kalampunian by Tj. Simpang Mangayau
P. Kalampunian by Tj. Simpang Mangayau
Waters South China Sea
Geographical location 7 ° 3 '0 "  N , 116 ° 45' 0"  E Coordinates: 7 ° 3 '0 "  N , 116 ° 45' 0"  E
Pulau Kalampunian (Malaysia)
Pulau Kalampunian
length 100 m
width 40 m
surface 0.3 ha
Highest elevation 23  m
Residents uninhabited

Kalampunian Island is the Malaysian state of Sabah owned island in the South China Sea off the northern tip of Borneo . The island is about 1.7 kilometers off Tanjung Simpang Mengayau , the northern tip of Borneo. Administratively it belongs to the Kudat district . The very small sandstone island rises steeply from the sea on an area of ​​approx. 3,000 square meters. It is 100 meters long, 40 meters wide and up to 23 meters high. On the uninhabited island there is a 15 meter high red and white striped tower with a signal light. A reef that dries out at low tide and is almost a kilometer long extends southeast of the island. Pulau Kalampunian is accessible by a navigable canal about 300 meters wide from Tj. Simpang Mangayau separated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and NUsa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB), United States Navy Publication 163, sector 10, page 351, 2002; Accessed September 18, 2012

Remarks

  1. ↑ The values ​​were approximately determined by evaluating the satellite image from google maps.