Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Crocker Mountains (Malay: Banjaran Crocker) form a range that separates the West Coast and Interior divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. At an average height of 1,800 metres (5,906 ft), it is the highest mountain range in the state. It is named after a 19th century British administrator of North Borneo, William Maunder Crocker. [2] [3] [4]
Crocker Range National Park (Malay: Taman Negara Banjaran Crocker) was established in 1984, although the area had previously been under protection as a forest reserve. It covers the north-south Crocker Range, of 1200-1800 metre mountains in Sabah, Malaysia. In the vicinity of park headquarters, there is a resort that provides accommodation and ...
The steep mountainsides with poor soil are not suitable for farming or for the timber industry so the habitats and animal life of Kinabalu remain largely intact, with about a third of the original habitat now degraded. Kinabalu Park was established in 1964 and the nearby mountains were protected as the Crocker Range National Park in 1984 ...
Kinabalu Park is situated on the Crocker Range on the western coast of Sabah. It is located within the district of Ranau, within the West Coast Division. The park is not to be confused with Crocker Range National Park which is a separate park in the south. The park headquarters is 88 kilometres away from the city of Kota Kinabalu. There are ...
Range (or island) Location Coordinates [1] Prominence (m) ... Mount Kinabalu: Crocker Range, ... Lists and/or maps covering all peaks in the world with 1500 m+ ...
Greater Kota Kinabalu seen from the International Space Station (ISS) in January 2021. Greater Kota Kinabalu region lies on the central west coast of Sabah. The region is bounded by Crocker Range mountains immediately to the east and South China Sea to the west. The region itself consists of narrow coastal plain of average width of 10 km and is ...
In 1968, Jesselton was renamed Kota Kinabalu. In 1974, the major part of Gaya and Sapi islands was gazetted as Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, covering an area of 8,990 acres (36.4 km 2 ). In 1979, the park was increased to 12,185 acres (49.31 km 2 ) with the inclusion of the three nearby islands of Manukan, Mamutik and Sulug.
Outside the city, Crocker Range Park, occupying a stretch of c. 20 x 80 km of the Crocker Range mountain chain to the city's southeast (roughly between Tenom and Tambunan, is a common spot for jungle trekking and camping. Kota Kinabalu is also the gateway to one of the most popular conservation areas in Malaysia, Kinabalu Park. [107]