Pulau Sapanggar

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Pulau Sapanggar
KotaKinabalu Sabah PulauSapanggar-02.jpg
Waters South China Sea
Geographical location 6 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 116 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E Coordinates: 6 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  N , 116 ° 4 ′ 0 ″  E
Pulau Sapanggar (Malaysia)
Pulau Sapanggar
length 2.5 km
width 1 km
surface 1.4 km²
Highest elevation Sapangar
181  m
main place Kg.Pulau Sapanggar

Pulau Sapanggar or Pulau Sepangar is an island belonging to the Malaysian state of Sabah in the South China Sea at the entrance to Sapanggar Bay . The predominantly forested island is about 10 kilometers north of Kota Kinabalu and rises steeply from the sea to a ridge with two mountain peaks of 150 and 181 meters. It extends over 2.5 kilometers in a northerly direction and is up to one kilometer wide.

Individual evidence

  1. Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara (PDF file; 5.49 MB), United States Navy Publication 163, sector 10, page 345, 2002; Accessed August 24, 2012

Remarks

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