Kudat Peninsula

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Kudat Peninsula
Kudat Peninsula
Location of Kudat Peninsula in Sabah
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Kudat Peninsula
Location of Kudat Peninsula in Malaysia
EtymologySemenanjung Kudat
Geography
Location Kudat Division
Coordinates 6°56′8.642″N116°45′42.309″E / 6.93573389°N 116.76175250°E / 6.93573389; 116.76175250
Archipelago Maritime Southeast Asia
Adjacent to
Administration
State Flag of Sabah.svg  Sabah

The Kudat Peninsula (Malay : Semenanjung Kudat) is a peninsula in northern of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of high coastal with windy shorelines and swamp areas. [1] The peninsula become the area where the South China Sea meets the Sulu Sea. [2]

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Geology

Kudat formation is originated from deep marine environment. [3] [4] The peninsula is geologically high flanked by deep structural depressions with the northern terrane comprises thick-bedded sandstone with interbeds of silty mudstone and contains calcareous nannofossil of Early Eocene to Middle Eocene that were deposited in deep-water setting in contrast to shallow-marine environments declared in previously published material. [5] [6] [7] In the central area of the peninsula in Sikuati located an oil seep in a tidal mangrove swamp surrounded by an adjacent green area of primary and secondary vegetation. [8]

Climate and biodiversity

The peninsula generally received mean annual rainfall ranging from 2,000 millimetres to 2,500 millimetres while part in the southern received rainfall between 2,500 millimetres to 3,000 millimetres. [9] Together with Bengkoka Peninsula, it is part of the Tun Mustapha Marine Park which includes coral reefs conservation. [2]

References

  1. ↑ Rough Guides (6 January 2018). The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore & Brunei. Apa Publications (UK) Limited. p. 618. ISBN   978-1-78919-418-0.
  2. 1 2 Waheed, Zarinah; va Mil, Harald G. J.; Syed Hussein, Muhammad Ali; Jumin, Robecca; Golam Ahad, Bobita; Hoeksema, Bert W. (2015). "Coral Reefs at the Northernmost Tip of Borneo: An Assessment of Scleractinian Species Richness Patterns and Benthic Reef Assemblages". PLOS One . 10 (12): e0146006. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1046006W. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0146006 . PMC   4697805 . PMID   26719987.
  3. ↑ Ghaheri, Samira; Suhaili, Mohd; Sapari, Nasiman; Momeni, Mohammadsadegh (2017). Sedimentary architecture and depositional environment of Kudat Formation, Sabah, Malaysia. IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering, IOP Publishing. Vol. 291. p. 012025. doi: 10.1088/1757-899X/291/1/012025 .
  4. ↑ Gassim, M.B.; Tahir, Sanudin; Brunotte, D. A. (2003). "Tectonic evolution of the Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, UKM Sabah Campus. 8 (1–4): 513–527. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(93)90049-U.
  5. ↑ Tongkul, F. (2003). "Structural style of Kudat Peninsula, Sabah". Geology Program, School of Science and Technology, Universiti Malaysia Sabah. 29 (6): 290. Retrieved 31 May 2019– via Geological Society of Malaysia.
  6. ↑ "Forest Management Plan [2016-2025]" (PDF). Acacia Forest Industries. 2017. p. 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
  7. ↑ Rahim, Ahmad Ridhwan; Konjing, Zainey; Asia, Junaidi; Abdul Jalil, Nursyazwani; Muhammad, Abdul Jalil; Ibrahim, Norazhar; Koraini, A. Munif; Che Kob, Razali; Mazlan, Hisham; Tjia, H.D (2017). "Tectonostratigraphic terranes of Kudat Peninsula, Sabah" (PDF). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Malaysia, Geological Survey of Malaysia: 123 & 125. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2019. Retrieved 31 May 2019– via Geological Society of Malaysia.
  8. ↑ Azman, Nurul Izzati; Jamaluddin, Siti Nur Fathiyah (2017). Relationship of oil seep in Kudat Peninsula with surrounding rocks based on geochemical analysis. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science, IOP Publishing. Vol. 88. p. 1. doi: 10.1088/1755-1315/88/1/012014 .
  9. ↑ "Annual rainfall pattern of Sabah [Kudat Peninsula]". Government of Sabah . Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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