Mount Tambuyukon

Coordinates: 6°12′31″N 116°39′29″E / 6.20861°N 116.65806°E / 6.20861; 116.65806
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Mount Tambuyukon
Kadazan Dusun)
Geography
Location
Crocker Range

Mount Tambuyukon or Tamboyukon (Malay: Gunung Tambuyukon, Dusun: Nulu Tambuyukon) is a mountain located at the West Coast and Kudat divisions of Sabah, Malaysia (located on the tripoints of three districts namely Ranau, Kota Belud as well as Kota Marudu). It is considered the third-highest mountain in the country with height at 2,579 metres (8,461 ft),[1][2] lying north of the highest Mount Kinabalu.[3]

Geology

The glaciated summit plateaus and

Crocker Range by the Pleistocene.[4] Together with Mount Kinabalu, it is part of the Wariu Formation.[5]

Biodiversity

The mountain supports a wide range of unique flora and fauna, including a number of pitcher plant species of the genus Nepenthes.[6][7][8] A mammal survey in 2012 and 2013 from 300 metres (984 ft) to the summit, recorded the second known population of the summit rat,[9] and a total of 44 mammal species.[10]

Features

There are two climbing trails towards the mountain summit, one from Monggis village and the other from the Sabah Parks substation in the same village, both located in the Kota Marudu district with permission from the park authority needing to be obtained before the climbing.[11] The mountain is considered one of Sabah's ecotourism destinations, albeit minorly.[12]

  • The mountain peak signboard.
    The mountain peak signboard.
  • The mountain trail.
    The mountain trail.
  • Trees on the mountain.
    Trees on the mountain.

References

  1. ISBN 978-983-812-111-8
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  2. ISBN 978-1-4612-2500-3
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  3. ^ "Mount Tambuyukon". Sabah Tourism. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  4. S2CID 132602468. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 July 2019.
  5. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia. 22: 241. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019 – via Geological Society of Malaysia.
  6. ^ Clarke, C.M. 1997. Nepenthes of Borneo. Natural History Publications (Borneo), Kota Kinabalu.
  7. ^ Clarke, C.M. 1998. The Nepenthes of Mount Tambuyukon, Kinabalu Park. Sabah Parks Nature Journal 1: 1–8.
  8. ISBN 978-1-139-49455-7
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  9. doi:10.1111/ddi.12761
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  10. doi:10.7287/peerj.preprints.26523v1
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  11. ^ "Mount Tambuyukon Climbing". Sabah Parks. Archived from the original on 2 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  12. ISSN 1991-8178. Archived from the original
    (PDF) on 2 July 2019.

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