The Bengkoka Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Bengkoka) is a peninsula in northern of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of coastal with swampy areas.[1] The peninsula become the area where the South China Sea meets the Sulu Sea.[2]
 Location of Bengkoka Peninsula in Sabah | |
  Bengkoka Peninsula Location of Bengkoka Peninsula in Malaysia | |
| Etymology | Semenanjung Bengkoka |
|---|---|
| Geography | |
| Location | Kudat Division |
| Coordinates | 6°55′28.889″N 117°8′44.115″E / 6.92469139°N 117.14558750°E |
| Archipelago | Maritime Southeast Asia |
| Adjacent to | |
| Administration | |
| State |  Sabah |
Geology
editThe peninsula is formed since the Oligocene with various materials such as sandstone, mudstone, siltstone, shale, conglomerate, lignite with minor limestone and tuff.[3][4]
Climate and biodiversity
editThe peninsula area generally received mean annual rainfall ranging from 2,000 millimetres to 2,500 millimetres.[5] In the peninsula located the Tambalugu Forest Reserve where several mammals including barking deer and wild boar are found in the area.[6] Together with Kudat Peninsula, it is part of the Tun Mustapha Marine Park which includes coral reefs conservation.[2] The peninsula is also known for its mosquito fauna with about 37 species of mosquitoes from seven genera were found in six villages in the area.[7]
References
edit- ^ Muhamad Sade Haji Mohamad Amin (1993). The General Geology North of Bengkoka Peninsula Sabah, East Malaysia. Jabatan Geologi, Universiti Malaya, 1992/93.
- ^ a b Zarinah Waheed; Harald G. J. van Mil; Muhammad Ali Syed Hussein; Robecca Jumin; Bobita Golam Ahad; Bert W. Hoeksema (2015). "Coral Reefs at the Northernmost Tip of Borneo: An Assessment of Scleractinian Species Richness Patterns and Benthic Reef Assemblages". PLOS One. 10 (12): e0146006. Bibcode:2015PLoSO..1046006W. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0146006. PMC 4697805. PMID 26719987.
- ^ "Forest Management Plan [2016-2025]" (PDF). 2017: 7. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 July 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2019 – via Acacia Forest Industries.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ M.B. Gassim; Sanudin Tahir; D. A. Brunotte (2003). "Tectonic evolution of the Marudu Bay, Sabah, Malaysia". Journal of Southeast Asian Earth Sciences, Department of Earth Sciences, UKM Sabah Campus. 8 (1–4): 513–527. doi:10.1016/0743-9547(93)90049-U.
- ^ "Annual rainfall pattern of Sabah [Bengkoka Peninsula]". Government of Sabah. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ "Class I Protection Forest Reserve (FR)". Government of Sabah. 3 January 2005. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
- ^ Cheong WH; Loong KP; Mahadevan S; Mak JW; Kan SK (1984). "Mosquito fauna of the Bengkoka Peninsula, Sabah, Malaysia". Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 15 (1): 19–26. PMID 6146203.
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