Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 600 metres (2,000 ft) from the seabed. It is located in the Celebes Sea off the east coast ofSabah, East Malaysia (which is on the island of Borneo). It was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone that took thousands of years to develop. Sipadan is located at the heart of the Indo-Pacific basin, the centre of one of the richest marine habitats in the world. More than 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem. Sipadan has been rated by many dive.
Frequently seen in the waters around Sipadan: green and hawksbill turtles[2] (which mate and nest there), enormous schools of barracuda in tornado-like formations as well as large schools of big-eye trevally, and bumphead parrotfish. Pelagic species such as manta rays, eagle rays, scalloped hammerhead sharks and whale sharks also visit Sipadan.
A turtle tomb lies underneath the column of the island, formed by an underwater limestone cave with a labyrinth of tunnels and chambers that contain many skeletal remains of turtles that become lost and drown before finding the surface.[3]
[edit]History
In the past, the island was at the center of a territorial dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia. The matter was brought for adjudication before the International Court of Justice and, at the end of 2002, the Court awarded the island along with the island of Ligitan to Malaysia, on the basis of the "effective occupation" displayed by the latter's predecessor (Malaysia's former colonial power, the United Kingdom) and the absence of any other superior title. The Philippines had applied to intervene in the proceedings on the basis of its claim to Northern Borneo, but its request was turned down by the Court early in 2001. On April 23, 2000, 21 people were kidnapped by the Filipino Islamist terrorist group Abu Sayyaf. The armed terrorists arrived by boat and forced 10 tourists and 11 resort workers at gun point to board the vessels and brought the victims to Jolo. All victims were eventually released.
In his film Borneo: The Ghost of the Sea Turtle (1989)[4] Jacques Cousteau said, "I have seen other places like Sipadan, 45 years ago, but now no more. Now we have found an untouched piece of art."[5]
Malay
Pulau Sipadan ialah sebuah pulau lautan berhampiran dengan Semporna, sebuah bandar di pantai timur Sabah, Malaysia. Pulau Sipadan merupakan satu-satunya pulau samudera di Malaysia daripada batu kapur dengan ketinggian 600 meter dari dasar laut. Pulau Sipadan terkenal sebagai satu pilihan tempat bagi aktiviti menyelam skuba (scuba diving) antara yang terbaik di dunia. Mengikut keputusan undian umum yang dikeluarkan oleh organisasi tunggal bagi pengundian 7 keajaiban terbaik dunia (New 7 Wonders of Nature votes commitee), Pulau Sipadan telah tersenarai antara 77 bentuk muka bumi yang ajaib dan terbaik dunia pada tahun berakhir Julai 2009.
Sejarah
Pulau ini pernah sama-sama dituntut oleh Malaysia dan Indonesia. Isu tersebut telah dibawa kepada Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa. Dengan bukti yang disiapkan Malaysia dan dengan sokongan British, Mahkamah Keadilan Antarabangsa menyerahkan Pulau Sipadan kepada Malaysia bersama-sama dengan Pulau Ligitan pada 2003. Keputusan ini berdasarkan "penguasaan berkesan" (effective occupation) yang ditunjukkan oleh British (bekas pengkoloni Malaysia sebelum ini), dan ketiadaan tuntutan yang lebih baik. Kerajaan Indonesia mengulas rasa sangat kecewa di atas keputusan tersebut.
Tarikan
Alam bawah laut Sipadan menawarkan kepada para penyelam pemandangan yang penuh dengan kehidupan marin seperti Barracuda, penyu, ikan, dan sebagainya. Warna-warna yang banyak dan bertukar ganti, birai, celah, batu rungkupan, gua besar dan cerombong yang menegak di bawah air yang dibentuk oleh pelbagai karang menanti untuk disaksikan oleh para penyelam yang ingin menikmati tempat selam yang menyeronokkan di dunia.
Pulau ini telah diwujudkan sebagai tempat perlindungan hidupan liar pada tahun 1933 dan persekitarannya yang asal telah dapat dikekalkan sehingga kini.
Di sekitar Pulau Sipadan mempunyai beberapa kawasan popular untuk penyelam "Hot spot center to scuba divers" misalnya Barracuda Point, Turtle Cavern (Gua Penyu), Coral Gardens Drop Off (terletak berhampiran jeti utama Pulau Sipadan), North Point, West Ridge, Taman-taman Tergantung (Hanging Gardens), Lobster Lair, Staghorn Crest, South Point, Turtle Patch, Batu Karang Tengah (Mid Reef), Whitetip Avenue dan Coral Gardens.
PULAU LAYANG-LAYANG
Swallow Reef, known as Layang-Layang Island (Dusun for Place of Swallows) in Malaysia, Danwan Jiao (Chinese: 弹丸礁) in China, Celerioin the Philippines and Đá Hoa Lau in Vietnam, is an oceanic atoll of the Spratly Islands situated approximately 300 km northwest of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Swallow Reef has a total land area of approximately 0.1 km². As with all of the Spratly Islands, the ownership of the island is disputed, but it is controlled by Malaysia and claimed by the People's Republic of China, Republic of China (Taiwan), Philippines and Vietnam
Location
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The island serves primarily as Malaysia's claim to ownership of this section of the Spratly Islands, i.e., those closer to its land area. The Malaysian Navy has maintained an offshore security post called Uniform Station[1] on Swallow Reef since 1983 and a Malaysian dive resort has operated on the island for a number of years.
Swallow Reef lies in 2,000 m of ocean and, due partly to the depth, this atoll has become famous for sightings of large pelagic species and for wall diving. The naval base has also had an important indirect contribution to the quality of scuba diving in the area, in that it has protected the island from destructive fishing practices that occurred elsewhere in the region.
Climate
Located within the equatorial belt, Swallow Reef has an equatorial climate. It is closed to tourists from November to January each year because of heavy monsoon rains. Temperatures range from 24 to 32°C. Although an equatorial climate comes with fairly high humidity, there are cooling sea breezes.
[edit]How to get there
Swallow Reef is a one hour flight north of Sabah's capital Kota Kinabalu. There is only one resort on the island and a stay there requires a return flight from Kota Kinabalu.
Malay
Pulau Layang-Layang atau Terumbu Layang-Layang (Inggeris: Swallow Reef, Cina: 弹丸礁, Danwan Jiao, Filipino: Celerio, Vietnam: Đá Hoa Lau) adalah sebuah pulau yang merupakan sebahagian daripada gugusan Kepulauan Spratly. Kerajaan Malaysia telah memantau pulau ini dan menegaskan bahawa pulau ini adalah kepunyaan Malaysia kerana kedudukannya yang berada berhampiran dengan Sabah. Pulau ini juga dituntut oleh negara Republik Rakyat China, Republik China (Taiwan), Filipina dan Vietnam.
Kedudukan
Pulau ini merupakan tuntutan negara Malaysia terhadap sebahagian daripada pemilikan di Kepulauan Spratly kerana ia berdekatan dengan kawasan tanah. Setelah Kerajaan Malaysia mengisytiharkan terumbu-terumbu Pulau layang-Layang itu terletak dalam perairan zon ekonomi eksklusif Malaysia pada 20 September 1979, Kabinet Malaysia telah mengarahkan agar kajian dilakukan untuk mendirikan tugu dan penempatan di beberapa buah terumbu batu karang yang dalam wilayah negara. Hasil kajian telah melihatkan pembinaan tugu pertama terumbu Layang-Layang atau Stesen Lima telah didirikan pada 21 Jun 1980 dan pada Mei 1983, 18 anggota Pasukan Khas Laut (PASKAL) Tentera Laut Diraja Malaysia (TLDM) ditempatkan di Terumbu Layang-Layang.[1] Terumbu Layang-Layang terletak kira-kira 162 batu nautika atau sejam penerbangan dari Kota Kinabalu merupakan sebahagian daripada gugusan kepulauan Spratlys di Laut China Selatan, dengan empat lagi terumbu dikawal oleh TLDM iaitu Terumbu Ubi, Terumbu Mantanani, Terumbu Siput dan Terumbu Peninjau.
Kepulauan Spratlys menjadi rebutan beberapa negara seperti China, Vietnam, Filipina dan Brunei kerana dipercayai kaya dengan hasil semula jadi seperti fosforus, gas asli, minyak mentah dan pelbagai hasil marin.
[sunting]Pelancongan
Sebuah resort milik rakyat Malaysia telah beroperasi di situ selama beberapa tahun. Menurut Pegawai Pemerintah Terumbu Layang-Layang Leftenan Mohd Khairulislah Ahmad (TLDM), sejak Layang-Layang Resort dibuka sehinggalah tahun 2006, statistik kehadiran pelancong yang datang melawat pulau tersebut seramai 1,457 orang, kebanyakannya dari Jepun, Perancis, Korea Selatan dan China. Cara untuk sampai di Pulau Layang-Layang ialah melalui kapal terbang. Penerbangan dari Kota Kinabalu mengambil masa kira-kira satu jam.
[sunting]Geografi
Pulau Layang-Layang terletak 165 batu nautika dari barat laut Kota Kinabalu (dalam lingkungan 200 km zon eksklusif) di Laut China Selatan. Pulau ini timbul hampir 2000 meter dari dasar laut. Berukuran sepanjang 1.2 km dan selebar 200 meter, pulau berbentuk bujur ini amat menarik dengan pelbagai pemandangan dasar laut yang mengagumkan, kepelbagaian batu karang dan ikan terumbu, termasuk haiwan laut dalam (pelagik) yang menjadi daya tarikan kepada para penyelam. Pulau Layang-Layang juga menjadi tempat perlindungan kepada beribu-ribu ekor burung berpindah.
[sunting]Iklim
Terletak berdekatan dengan jalur khatulistiwa, Pulau Layang-Layang mengalami iklim khatulistiwa (iklim hutan hujan tropika). Pada bulan November hinggaJanuari, kawasan pulau ditutup kepada pelancong kerana ketika itu musim hujan lebat atau musim tengkujuh berlaku. Julat suhunya ialah 24 hingga 32°C. Walaupun mengalami cuaca panas dan hujan setiap tahun, bayu laut sering mendinginkan kawasan pulau.
PULAU MABUL
Mabul is a small island off the south-eastern coast of Sabah in Malaysia. The island has been a fishing village since 1970s. Then in 1990s, it first became popular to divers due to its proximity toSipadan island.
Located 15 km from Sipadan, this 20-hectare piece of land surfaces 2–3 meters above sea level, consists mostly flat grounds and aerial view is oval-shaped. Surrounding it are sandy beaches, perched on the northwest corner of a larger two square kilometer reef.
Mabul island is administered by Semporna, Tawau district.
Native Community
There are 2 main villages on the island i.e. "Kampung Mabul" and "Kampung Musu". From 1999 census, it was recorded that there are approximately 2000 villagers living in Mabul, half of them children below 14 years old. Majority are immigrants from relatively nearby clusters of islands of the southern Philippines. They are mainly Bajau Laut and Suluk Muslims who live a nomadic lifestyle.
Basic amenities include a mosque, schools, community and fishermen hall. Main transportation mode from one point to another is by boat.
Mainly fishermen, the village source of income depends on sea products such as squids and fish. Traditional fishing methods are called "Payau" and "Sangkaliya". Mabul fishermen prefers catches close to the Malaysia-Philippines borders, perhaps due to its abundance. An average fishing trip will take 3–5 days out in the sea. When the men return, their catches are being sold in the mainland, Semporna.
It was said that Mabul was owned by a man from Menampilik island. Back in 1970s, he and the villagers then used to plant coconuts on the island, apart from fishing. Later in 1992, Sipadan Mabul Resort (SMART) purchased a part of land on the east of Mabul intended for tourism.
[edit]Diving Mabul
It is more correctly recognised now that the reason for the quality of the MUCK Diving is simply a result of overfishing uses of cyanide and dynamite by the local people of this area.
The reef is on the edge of the continental shelf and the seabed surrounding the reef slopes out to 25 to 30 m deep. There are several dive resorts operating on Mabul island.
Mabul is arguably one of the richest single destinations for exotic small marine life anywhere in the world.[citation needed] Flamboyant cuttlefish, blue-ringed octopus, mimic octopus and bobtail squids are just a few of the numerous types of cephalopods to be found on Mabul's reef.
Many types of gobies can be found including the spike-fin goby, black sail-fin goby and metallic shrimp goby. Frogfish are everywhere -giant, painted and clown frogfish are regularly seen along with almost the whole scorpion fish family.[1]
There are six resorts here, which provides accommodation for scuba divers - most located on the island or on stilts over the water, while one is on a converted oil platform about 500 meters from the beach. There are also several homestay & backpacker accommodations which also arrange diving. All of the resorts/homestays can arrange a day trip to the nearby island of Pulau Sipadan. Be warned that there is a permit system for Sipadan and all permits may be booked months in advance. Diving is good around Mabul itself there is a good wall at Panglima and the best muck diving sites are called Paradise. There is good diving at Kapalai especially the house reef.
Malay
Pulau Mabul terletak di pesisir pantai tenggara negeri Sabah, Malaysia. Pulau ini terkenal kerana dekat dengan pulau Sipadan.
Pulau ini kecil dan melengkung dan terdapat banyak batu karang pelbagai jenis. Batu karang menjadi tumpuan spesies ikanmarin kerana banyaknya makanan plankton . Dasarnya tidak dalam, sesuai dengan kejadiannya sebagai pentas benua di Laut Sulawesi. Kedalaman sekitar 25 hingga 30 meter sesuai untuk aktiviti 'scuba diving'.
Banyak sekali hidupan eksotik seperti sotong kurita, cephalopods, udang geragau, ketam, rumpai laut lain.
Cara ke sana
Anda boleh menaiki kapal terbang kecil dari Kota Kinabalu ke Lapangan Terbang Tawau. Dari Tawau, ada bot laju yang boleh disewa ke pulau Mabul. Peralatan menyelam boleh disewa di sekitar bandar Tawau dengan harga berpatutan.
PULAU TIGA
Pulau Tiga is one of a group of small uninhabited islands in Kimanis Bay off the western coast of Sabah, Malaysia. The islands were formed on September 21, 1897, when an earthquake on Mindanao caused a volcanic eruption near Borneo. The island is 607 hectares in size and has a couple of active mud volcanos at the highest part of the island. Pulau Tiga is one of the three islands that make up Pulau Tiga National Park. The Park Headquarters are on the island, comprising an office complex, and accommodation for the park staff and visiting scientists.
Getting There
Located 48 km south of Kota Kinabalu and the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, Pulau Tiga National Park is reached by driving the 140 km toKuala Penyu, a small settlement on the tip of the Klias Peninsula.
From here it is another 18 km, or about 30 minutes, by boat. Another way of getting there is by chartering a speed boat from Kota Kinabalu and cruise to Pulau Tiga, or fly to Labuan and charter a speed boat from Labuan.
Malay
Pulau Tiga adalah sebuah pulau yang tidak dihuni oleh manusia yang terletak di Laut China Selatan, dekat pesisir pantai barat Sabah, Malaysia.
Pulau ini terbentuk pada 21 September 1897 ketika gempa bumi yang melanda Mindanao menyebabkan letusan gunung berapi dekat Borneo.
Pulau Tiga terkenal sebagai lokasi pengambaran rancangan TV realiti Survivor yang pertama. Pulau ini tidaklah begitu terkenal berbanding dengan pulau Sipadan dan pulau Layang-Layang yang juga terletak di Sabah.
Habitat pulau ini amat sesuai untuk ular laut. Di daratan pulau ini terdapat lopak-lopak lumpur gunung berapi. Lopak lumpur gunung berapi ini amat baik untuk merawat penyakit kulit .
PULAU BANGGI
Banggi Island is located within the Kudat Division of Sabah in Malaysia. With an area of 440.7 square kilometres it is the third largest island in Malaysia after Langkawi Island and Betruit Island, followed Penang Island in fourth place. It is located off the northern coast of Sabah, near Marudu Bay. The highest elevation of the island is a hill with the height of 529 meters. In 2003 it has an estimated population of 20,000.Banggi's largest city is Limbuak.
Malay
Pulau Banggi merupakan sebuah pulau yang terletak di timur laut Kudat, Sabah, Malaysia. Pulau ini berkeluasan kira-kira 440.7 kilometer persegi, merupakan pulau yang terbesar di Malaysia, diikuti dengan Pulau Langkawi dan Pulau Pinang.
Pulau Banggi terletak di utara Sabah dan berdekatan dengan Teluk Marudu. Puncak tertinggi bagi pulau ini adalah sebuah bukit yang dikenali sebagai Bukit Sibumbung dengan ketinggian 529 meter. Pusat pentadbiran Pulau Banggi ialah pekanKarakit dan pekan ini menempatkan Pejabat Daerah Kecil Banggi, Rest House (Rumah Rehat), Klinik Kesihatan, Balai Polis, jabatan-jabatan kerajaan, SMK Banggi, Pangkalan Polis PGA, dan rumah-rumah para penduduk kampung. Penduduk pekan ini dianggarkan seramai 1000 orang. Penduduk utama Pulau Banggi ialah daripada suku kaum Ubian dan Dusun Bonggi. Terdapat juga kaum-kaum lain iaitu orang Βajau, Kagayan, dan Ѕuluk.
Dalam tahun 2003 anggaran penduduknya ialah 20,000. Pulau Sebogoh yang merupakan sebahagian pulau-pulau kecil Pulau Banggi merupakan pulau yang paling hampir dengan sempadan Malaysia-Filipina.
Sebahagian mereka menjadi nelayan dan membina rumah air iaitu rumah bertiang kayu yang dibina di pantai landai lagi cetek.
PULAU GAYA
Pulau Gaya is a sizeable Malaysian island of 1,465 ha, just 10 minutes off Kota Kinabalu, Sabah and forms part of the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park. Pulau Gaya derived its name from the Bajau word "Gayo" which means big and occupies an area of 15 km² (3,700 acres) with an elevation of up to 300 metres. Several ridges rise more than 600 feet (180 m), peaking at 1,000 feet (300 m), along the backbone of Pulau Gaya.
Pulau Gaya is the largest island in the Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, closest to downtown Kota Kinabalu (KK) and is covered with dense virgin, tropical forest. It has been a forest reserve since 1923.
The island has 20km of hiking trails and two 5 star resorts named Gayana Eco Resort, home to the Marine Ecology Research Centre, and Bunga Raya Island Resort on the north-east part of the island.
Historically, Pulau Gaya was also the site of the English colonialist's British North Borneo Company's harbour, razed by the folk hero Mat Sallehon July 9 1897.
History
Before the Ice Age, it formed part of the Crocker Range mass of sandstone and sedimentary rock on the mainland. However, about one million years ago, the melting ice brought about changes in the sea level and parts of the mainland were cut off by the sea to form the islands of Gaya Island, Sapi Island, Manukan Island, Mamutik Island and Sulug Island. Evidence of this can be seen from the exposed sandstone of the coastline forming the cliffs, caves, honeycombs and deep crevices.
In 1882, the British North Borneo Company set up a trading settlement on Pulau Gaya. After destruction in 1898 the settlement was moved to the mainland in 1899 and named as Jesselton in honor of Sir Charles Jessel, a manager of the Chartered Company. Later it was renamed to its todays name Kota Kinabalu.
In 1974, the major part of Pulau Gaya and Pulau Sapi was gazetted as Tunku Abdul Rahman National Park, covering an area of 8,990 acres (36.4 km2). In 1979, the park was increased to 12,185 acres (49.31 km2) with the inclusion of the three nearby islands of Pulau Manukan, Pulau Mamutik and Pulau Sulug. The park is spread over 4,929 hectares, two thirds of which cover the sea.
[edit]Administration
Sabah Parks, the body charged with protecting the Tunku Abdul Rahman Park, is headquartered on the south-eastern part of Pulau Gaya in a bay shared with the Downbelow Marine & Wildlife Adventures dive station. A development on the edge of Gaya island nearest to Sapi island is also used by Sabah Parks and offers a small, quiet beach for public recreational use.
[edit]Activities
Pulau Gaya is well-known for a legendary beach at Police Bay. The 400 metres (0.25 mile) stretch of white sand, gently slopes out to the sea and makes Police Beach ideal for swimming in the crystal clear water. Police Beach fronts the upmarket Bunga Raya Island Resort.
The coral reefs along the entire coast of Gaya island are in excellent condition, making it a surprisingly good diving destination, considering its proximity to Kota Kinabalu city.
[edit]Getting There
Jesselton Point Ferry Terminal in downtown Kota Kinabalu is the ferry terminal for those heading to the islands in Tunku Abdul Rahman Marine Park (Gaya Island, Sapi Island, Manukan Island, Mamutik Island and Sulug Island). This ferry terminal is also the departure point for patrons staying at either Manukan Island Resort or Gayana Resort.
[edit]Illegal Settlement
The eastern shore of Pulau Gaya supports a well-known illegal Filipino colony, called Kampung Lok Urai, with stilt houses girdling the beach as far as the eye can see. It has a 6,000 floating population of largely Bajau, Ubian and Filipinos who provide Kota Kinabalu with a source of cheap labour. It is considered a dangerous, high crime or "no-go" area by the police and KK locals.
The stilt houses are linked by walkways of weathered planks. As the population grew, new houses spread seaward, with no regard for sanitation. Twice fires wiped out nearly half of Kampung Pondo in 1994 and 1998. The speedboat owners are kept busy, ferrying schoolchildren, then housewives, then traders who sell craftwork at the Filipino market in the Kota Kinabalu Waterfront.
Both the Malaysian federal government and the Sabah state government do not officially recognize the settlement and the inhabitants. The inhabitants are considered illegal immigrants
Malay
'Pulau Gaya terletak kira-kira 10 minit menaiki bot dari Kota Kinabalu, Sabah. Luasnya 1,465 hektar dan termasuk dalam wartaTaman Tunku Abdul Rahman, satu pulau yang dilindungi daripada aktiviti nelayan, pembalakan haram, carigali petroleum dan pelbagai sumber pencemaran.
Pulau ini cukup strategik kerana berdekatan ibu negeri Sabah iaitu Kota Kinabalu. Sesiapa sahaja boleh melancong dan berkelah di pantai pulau Gaya yang indah itu. Terdapat pelbagai tempat tempat untuk melancong yang menarik di pulau tersebut.
Terdapat 6000 orang penduduk yang mendiami rumah air iaitu rumah kayu bertiang dibina di tepi pantai yang cetek dan landai. Mereka terdiri daripada etnik, Bajau, Ubian dan rakyat Filipina. Kehadiran mereka cukup dirasakan kerana dapat dilihat dari pantai kota Kinabalu. Keadaan rumah yang tidak teratur, kurang kemudahan infrastruktur dan kelihatan seperti kehidupansetinggan yang terbiar.
Umum mengetahui dengan nama Pulau Gaya, tetapi di pulau ini terdapat beberapa buah kampung yang terpisah oleh budaya, ekonomi dan bangsa. Misalnya Kg Pulau Gaya, Kg Pasir Putih, Pondo dan Lok Urai masing masing mempunyai identiti tersendiri.
Dari satu rumah ke satu rumah dihubungkan dengan papan-papan kecil nipis dan anda pasti gayat meniti dari papan ke papan di satu kampung manakala di kampung yang lain agak tersusun corak penempatan dengan rumah rumah yang tersusun semuanya menghadap ke laut.
Bagi penduduk kampung pengangkutan utama ialah bot dan perahu nelayan. Mereka akan ke Kota Kinabalu untuk membeli barang keperluan dan berkerja. Rumah air ini pernah terbakar beberapa kali.
[sunting]Sejarah
Syarikat British North Borneo Company pernah menjadikan pulau ini sebagai tapak perlindungan daripada serangan lanun, mengambil air minuman dan menghadapi pemberontakan pahlawan Sabah , Mat Salleh pada 1881.Ada beberapa kapal yang tenggelam akibat dipukul ribut dan menjadi lokasi menarik untuk aktiviti 'scuba diving'.
PULAU LANKAYAN
Lankayan Island is a very small tropical coral resort island in the Sulu Sea, northwest of the island of Borneo, in the state of Sabah, in Malaysia, and 15 km from Sandakan.[1]
Lankayan Island has many species of attractive flora and fauna.[2] The only resort on the island, Lankayan Island Dive Resort, was built in 1997[3]. Divers are attracted by myriad macro marine life, coral and sunken wrecks. Lankayan Island is known for its whale shark sightings.
The fauna that inhabit the waters of the island include scads, yellow tail barracudas, and jacks. Other fauna include blacktip sharks, giant clams, claw anemone fishes, decorator and spider crabs, coral shrimps, nudibranchs, prawn gobies, seahorses, ghost pipefish, flying gurnards, parrotfishes, raysand guitarfish. The indigenous plants include casuarina trees and pandan screwpine.[2][4]
Green and hawksbill sea turtles make this island a key nesting spot in the Sulu Sea. The turtles are banded by the local marine preserve staff, the eggs are retrieved and counted, and then reburied in a fenced off nursery area to prevent poaching and predation, and to assist in documenting turtle productivity. After hatching, the live birth count is recorded and then the young turtles are safely released to sea.
On 13 October 2003, Lankayan Island was declared part of the Sugud Islands Marine Conservation Area (SIMCA). As part of SIMCA, all resource harvesting (fishing etc.) will be prohibited by the state government of Sabah, Malaysia.[2]
[edit]Getting There
The transfer to Lankayan is by speedboat departing from the Sandakan Yacht Club and takes about an hour and a half.[5]
Malay
Pulau Lankayan adalah sebuah pulau resort batu karang tropika yang amat kecil yang berada di Laut Sulu, terletak di barat laut Pulau Borneo, dibawah naungan negeri Sabah, Malaysia. Pulau ini terletak kira-kira 15 km dari Sandakan.[1]
Pulau Lankayan terdapat banyak spesies flora dan fauna.[2] Di pulau ini, hanya terdapat satu sahaja resort peranginan yang dikenali sebagai,Lankayan Island Dive Resort, yang dibina pada tahun 1997[3]. Apabila menyelam di laut yang terdapat di pulau ini, para penyelam pasti tertarik dengan hidupan marin makro yang pelbagai, selain terumbu karang hidup, dan kapal karam cekung. Pulau Lankayan juga cukup terkenal dengan kehadiran Yu paus.
Diantara fauna marin yang mudah ditemui ada disekitar laut Pulau Lankayan ini adalah seperti scads, barracuda ekor kuning, jack, yu blacktip, kerang gergasi, Ikan anemone cakar, decorator, ketam labah-labah, udang terumbu karang, nudibranch, udang gobie, kuda laut, ikan paip hantu, gurnard terbang, ikan kakak tua, ikan pari dan ikan gitar. Tumbuhan asli yang boleh ditemui pula adalah termasuk pokok kasuarina dan pandan pain berskru.[2][4]
Kehadiran spesies penyu seperti Penyu hijau dan penyu hawksbill membuatkan pulau ini turut terkenal sebagai tapak pendaratan penyu bertelur di Laut Sulu. Setiap penyu yang mendarat di pulau ini akan ditandakan oleh pegawai pemeliharaan penyu yang bertugas, manakala telurnya akan diambil dan dikira selain dibuat kajian, telur yang telah siap di kira dan dikaji akan dimasukkan kedalam pusat jagaan telur penyu untuk ditanam kembali, dijaga daripada pemangsa dan pencuri. Telur penyu akan dibiarkan dieram secara semulajadi dan setiap telur yang berjaya ditetaskan akan dikira bilangan anak penyu sebelum dilepaskan semula ke laut terbuka secara selamat.
Pada 13 Oktober 2003, Pulau Lankayan diisytiharkan berada didalam Kawasan Perlindungan Marin Kepulauan Sugud (SIMCA). Sebagai salah satu dari pula-pulau yang terdapat dalam keanggotaan SIMCA, semua sumber yang diperolehi dari pulau dan lautnya seperti penangkapan ikan adalah dilarang dilakukan oleh sesiapa sahaja menurut arahan Kerajaan Negeri Sabah, Malaysia.[2]
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