Pulau Tiga
| Pulau Tiga | ||
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| Waters | South China Sea | |
| Geographical location | 5 ° 44 '0 " N , 115 ° 39' 0" E | |
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| length | 4.4 km | |
| width | 1.5 km | |
| surface | 6.07 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 101 m | |
Pulau Tiga ( English Tiga Island ) is a volcanic island belonging to the Malaysian state of Sabah at the entrance to Kimanis Bay, which is open to the South China Sea .
geography
The island is about 10 kilometers northeast of Cape Nosong, the southern limit of Kimanis Bay. The strait between Cape Nosong and Pulau Tiga is Tiga Channel ( Tiga Channel called) and is the main shipping route is for access to the Kimanis Bay. The island is surrounded with the exception of the peak in the southeast densely forested and numerous reefs.
Emergence
The creation of Pulau Tiga was triggered by the great earthquake on the Philippine island of Mindanao on September 21, 1897. The earthquake triggered a volcanic eruption off the coast of Sabah, which initially formed a 20 m wide island. Over the next forty years, more volcanic eruptions and eruptions of two nearby mud volcanoes followed, which together made Pulau Tiga grow to its present size. The last eruption occurred in 1941.
Pulau Tiga National Park
Pulau Tiga, together with the Pulau Kalampunian Besar, Pulau Kalampunian Thus and the surrounding marine area, form the 158 square kilometer Pulau Tiga National Park . Listed as a forest reserve since 1933, the islands were designated as a national park in 1978.
Reality Show "Survivor"
Pulau Kalampunian Besar and Pulau Tiga were film locations and the setting for the US and UK versions of Survivor : Borneo , a reality show .
Web links
- Pulau Tiga National Park on the Sabahparks website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB), United States Navy Publication 163, sector 10, page 303, 2002; Accessed August 24, 2012
- ↑ Tourism Malaysia: A Taste of Survivor Island ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.7 MB), Communications & Publicity Division, accessed April 16, 2012
- ^ Survivor Island Pulau Tiga ( June 9, 2001 memento on Internet Archive ) on guardian.co.uk; Accessed April 17, 2012
- ↑ Pulau Tiga National Park website ; Accessed April 17, 2012
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