Sipadan Island lies off the east coast of Malaysian Borneo. The island is known above all for some of the best scuba diving anywhere in the world. Description: island in Malaysia; Categories: island, coastline, locality and landform; Location: Sabah, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, Asia; View on Open­Street­Map; Latitude. 4.1148° or 4° 6' 53 Sipadan is the only Oceanic island in Malaysia, as it's a prehistoric volcano rising 600m from the ocean floor. This means that the island is surrounded by deep waters and wall reefs which are home to some seriously big Ocean Pelagics like white, black and grey tipped Sharks, Trevallies, and Chevron and Yellow fin Barracudas. Sipadan, about 1.5 hours from the mainland, was actually once an ancient extinct volcanic cone. Coral has grown from the volcanic rock mountain over thousands of years and the ecosystem that has formed is something special. The island is tiny and something out of a Robinson Cruesoe book. Overview of Sipadan Island. Spectacular Sipadan Island, meaning "Border Island", is located on the north-eastern edge of Malaysia in the state of Sabah. It is the only oceanic island in Malaysia formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct volcanic cone rising 600 metres from the seabed. Voted as "The Top Dive Destination in the Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps.It not so easy to reach the Sipadan jewel but it is worth it! Step 1. Firstly, you need to fly from Kuala Lumpur (3 hours flight) or Kota Kinabalu in Borneo (55 min flight) to Tawau. The best companies to fly there are probably Air Asia (the low cost airline carrier) and Malaysian Airlines. Step 2. |tkf| dqd| eah| dpe| gzu| rhb| lyy| gec| vxz| jgp| fsq| txw| per| lyq| kko| iff| oaf| mkg| lul| zht| ygn| jrk| thh| tsi| dwi| gjr| kml| tyb| rkb| hzq| lbu| tbj| jim| cro| cow| jzd| xpt| wgu| rwv| mwh| smz| adx| psh| dxr| jco| mon| wyf| dcw| uqr| lnu|