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Mount Kinabalu (Dusun: Gayo Ngaran or Nulu Nabalu, Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is the highest mountain in Borneo and Malaysia. With an elevation of 4,095 metres (13,435 ft), it is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, the 28th highest peak in Southeast Asia , and 20th most prominent mountain in the world.
The prominence of a peak is the minimum height of climb to the summit on any route from a higher peak, or from sea level if there is no higher peak. The lowest point on that route is the col . For full definitions and explanations of topographic prominence , key col , and parent , see topographic prominence .
The Mount Kinabalu International Climbathon is an international skyrunning competition held for the first time in 1987 (went international in 1988). It runs every year on Mount Kinabalu ( Malaysia ) in October, race valid for the Skyrunner World Series till 2010.
An American Airlines flight avoided a mountain in Hawaii by performing a sudden "expedited climb," according to multiple outlets including ABC News.. The alleged incident happened at around 1 a.m ...
Sibuyan Island: Mount Guiting-Guiting: 2058 m 6752 ft 445: 0.173 Philippines: 72: Unalaska Island: Mount Makushin: 2036 m 6680 ft 2720: 0.0692 Alaska United States: 73: São Tomé: Pico de São Tomé: 2024 m 6640 ft 859: 0.122 São Tomé and Príncipe: 74: Coulman Island: Mount Hawkes: 2000 m 6600 ft 319: 0.198 Antarctica claimed by New Zealand ...
Kinabalu Park (Malay: Taman Kinabalu), established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its "outstanding universal values" and the role as one of the most important biological sites in the world with more than 4,500 species of flora and fauna, including 326 bird and around 100 mammal species ...
Mauna Kea on the Island of Hawaiʻi is the highest peak in the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi and the entire Pacific Ocean.. The Hawaiian Islands and the U.S. State of Hawaiʻi 13 major mountain peaks [a] with at least 500 meters (1640 feet) of topographic prominence.
The Coast Guard is asking the public's help in locating Noel Rubio, who set sail from Long Beach to Hawaii in a boat called the Malulani in December. Sailor vanishes on Long Beach-to-Hawaii voyage ...