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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 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.
The mountain range is made up of uplifted and folded sedimentary rocks consisting of weathered soft sandstones and shales. [5] [6] The highest point is Mount Kinabalu at 4,095 metres (13,435 ft) . [7] [8] Most of the park boundary lies above 300 metres (984 ft) with its lowlands used for cash crops and paddy field. [8]
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 ...
Mount Panti Johor: 513 1,684 Also known as Gunung Panti. Hikers can see a lot of leeches during the rainy season. 108 Mount Lambak: Johor: 510 1,673 A popular place to train for tougher mountains 109 Mount Mostyn Sabah: 495 1,624 Extinct volcano 110 Bukit Gapis: Melaka: 480 1,574 Also known as Mount Melaka, it is the highest peak in Melaka. 111 ...
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 .
One of the two main summit routes of Mount Kinabalu starts at the Mesilou Nature Resort and is called the Mesilou Trail. The Mesilou Trail meets the old Kinabalu Summit Trail just above Layang-Layang ( Dusun for Place of Swallows ), which is situated at approximately 2,700 m (8,858 ft).
Mount Trusmadi or Trus Madi (Dusun: Nulu Trusmadi, Malay: Gunung Trusmadi) is a mountain located at the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia.It is considered as the second highest mountain in both Sabah and Malaysia at 2,642 metres (8,668 ft), [1] [2] after Mount Kinabalu with Trusmadi offering a tougher climbing challenge than the latter.