Sipadan Island
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Title
Sipadan Island
Description
Sipadan (Malay: Pulau 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 of Sabah, Malaysia. 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 400 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.
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is51102025
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rksk1@st-andrews.ac.uk
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Date Submitted
03/25/2025 01:15:01 pm
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Spatial Coverage
current,4° 6' 58.6512'' N,118.63° E;
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DescriptionEN
Sipadan (Malay: Pulau 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 of Sabah, Malaysia. 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 400 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.
Citation
“Sipadan Island,” STAGE, accessed December 13, 2025, https://stage.openvirtualworlds.org/omeka/items/show/3321.
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