Dent Peninsula

Dent Peninsula
Map
Location of Dent Peninsula in Sabah
Dent Peninsula is located in Malaysia
Dent Peninsula
Dent Peninsula
Dent Peninsula within Malaysia
EtymologySemenanjung Dent
Geography
Location
Coordinates5°12′32.464″N 118°56′10.892″E / 5.20901778°N 118.93635889°E / 5.20901778; 118.93635889
ArchipelagoMaritime Southeast Asia
Adjacent to
Highest pointMount Hatton
570 metres (1,870 ft)[1]
Administration
State Sabah

The Dent Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Dent) is a peninsula in eastern Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of hills and broad coastal areas.[2] The Peninsula is also previously considered as a volcanic arc of the region which have since migrated southward to Semporna Peninsula.[3]

  1. ^ "Class I Protection Forest Reserve (FR)". Government of Sabah. 22 April 2005. Retrieved 29 May 2019.
  2. ^ Land Resource Study. Land Resources Division, Directorate of Overseas Surveys. 1975.
  3. ^ Harminzah Mansor (2008). "Assessment of a Synrift Play in South Dent Graben (Offshore East Sabah)" (PDF). Postgraduate Studies Programme Thesis, Degree of Master of Science in Petroleum Geoscience: 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2019. Retrieved 29 May 2019 – via Universiti Teknologi Petronas.

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