Darvel Bay
Darvel Bay or Lahad Datu Bay is a
Geography
Large parts of the shore of Darval Bay are mangrove swamps.
History
The area around Darvel Bay has been inhabited for over 20,000 years.[2] The limestone caves on the mainland and on the islands were used for prehistoric burials.[2]
Darvel Bay was a traditional haunt for pirates up to the end of the 19th century.[3] Among the most famous pirates was Datu Kudunding.[4] The British operated the Darvel Bay Tobacco Plantations Ltd, in Lahad Datu District which was immortalized in the documentary film Urban Bioscope Expedition through Borneo by H. M. Lomas.[5]
Notes
- ^ United States Navy Publication 163, Chapter 10, prepared by the National Imagery and Mapping Agency
- ^ ISBN 0-8442-9890-5
- ^ Tregonning, K. G. (1965) A History of Modern Sabah (North Borneo, 1881–1963) (2nd ed.) published for the University of Singapore by the University of Malaya Press, Singapore, p.191 OCLC 410956
- ISBN 0-19-582535-7
- ISBN 0-415-21152-2
Further reading
- Saleh, Ejria et al. (June 2007) "Water circulation in Darvel Bay, Sabah, Malaysia" Abstract In: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (June 2007) Oceans 2007 – Europe Marine Technology Society, Oceanic Engineering Society (U.S.), Columbia, Maryland, pp. 1–6, ISBN 0-933957-35-1
4°48′N 118°39′E / 4.800°N 118.650°E
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