Mount Bombalai

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Mount Bombalai
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Mount Bombalai
Map showing location of Mount Bombalai within Malaysia.
Highest point
Elevation 531 m (1,742 ft)
Prominence 212 m (696 ft)
Coordinates 4°23′41″N117°52′35″E / 4.39472°N 117.87639°E / 4.39472; 117.87639
Naming
Native nameGunung Bombalai (Malay)
Geography
Location Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia
Geology
Last eruption Holocene

Mount Bombalai (Malay : Gunung Bombalai) is a volcanic cone mountain in the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. [1] It reaches a height of approximately 531 metres (1,742 ft). [2]

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Geology

The mountain is part of the Tawau volcanic field which contributed to the prominent topographic features of the Semporna Peninsula in northeastern Borneo and the western side of a valley in its middle section. [3] [4] [5] The low volcanic cone is north of Sebatik Island and has a roughly 300-m-wide crater breached to the south. Two young lava flows extend almost to the coastal plain. The flows are considered younger than a lava flow radiocarbon dated at about 27,000 years before present, and the extrusion of basaltic lavas possibly continued into the Holocene epoch. [6] Presence of geothermal activity has been reported in the surrounding mountains. [7] [8]

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References

  1. Shalina R. (31 October 2017). "Ministry exploring volcano tourism in Tawau". The Borneo Post. Archived from the original on 20 May 2019. Retrieved 20 May 2019. In Sabah, Tawau's Bombalai volcano is currently a dormant volcano and, since it estimated to have erupted thousands of years ago, it can be regarded as an ancient crater. Bombalai cinder cone is only a half-an-hour jungle walk from the entrance of Tawau Hills National Park.
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