Teluk Sapanggar

Teluk Sapanggar ; Sepangar Bay
	Teluk Sapanggar from Kg.Gentisan
Waters	South China Sea
Land mass	Borneo
Geographical location	6 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 116 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E Coordinates: 6 ° 5 ′ 0 ″ N , 116 ° 7 ′ 0 ″ E
width	approx. 3.5 km
depth	approx. 6 km
surface	20 km²
Coastline	12 km
Islands	Pulau Sapanggar , P. Udar Kecil, P. Udar Besar, P. Peduk (in front of the bay)
Tributaries	Sungai Menggatal

The Sepangar Bay or Sapangar Bay ( mal. Teluk Sapanggar ) is a bay on the west coast of the island of Borneo . It belongs to the Malaysian state of Sabah and opens to the South China Sea . Administratively it belongs to the Kota Kinabalu District in the West Coast Division .

geography

The bay covers an area of approx. 20 km². The bay extends in a wide arc from Pulau Sapanggar to Cape Tarak Tarak ( Mal. Tanjung Tarak Tarak ). In front of the bay are the islands of Pulau Sapanggar , Pulau Udar Kecil, Pulau Udar Besar and Pulau Peduk. The coastline is mostly unforested, with industrial and maritime use.

Use of the bay

The bay is primarily used as a freight port, a naval port and an industrial location. In addition, there are some craft businesses that are engaged in the maintenance and construction of ships.

Naval port

Container Terminal

After commissioning of the container terminal Sepangar Container Port Terminal of the total container traffic in the port of Kota Kinabalu was relocated here.

Naval base

After the expansion, the naval base has housed two Scorpène-class submarines built in Spain , the KD Tunku Abdul Rahman and KD Tun Razak, since 2010 .

Web links

Commons : Sepangar Bay - Collection of Images

More pictures

Sepangar Oil Terminal
Cement Industries Snd. Bhd.
Sabah Ports administration building
Access to the container terminal

Individual evidence

^ Administrative District Boundary and Local Authority Area . In: Census 2010 for Sabah (PDF; 1.9 MB) Statistical Office, Malaysia, p. 153.
↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and NUsa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB) United States Navy Publication 163, page 345, 2002; Accessed August 29, 2012
↑ Daily Express News: Sapangar Container Port Terminal ready , August 8, 2006 edition
↑ The Star: Second Scorpene sub here in June of January 12, 2010; Accessed July 9, 2012

[1] Administrative District Boundary and Local Authority Area . In: Census 2010 for Sabah (PDF; 1.9 MB) Statistical Office, Malaysia, p. 153.

[enroute-2] Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and NUsa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB) United States Navy Publication 163, page 345, 2002; Accessed August 29, 2012

[3] Daily Express News: Sapangar Container Port Terminal ready , August 8, 2006 edition

[4] The Star: Second Scorpene sub here in June of January 12, 2010; Accessed July 9, 2012