The Kudat Peninsula (Malay: Semenanjung Kudat) is a peninsula in northern of Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of high coastal with windy shorelines and swamp areas.[1] The peninsula become the area where the South China Sea meets the Sulu Sea.[2]

Kudat Peninsula

Location of Kudat Peninsula in Sabah
Kudat Peninsula Location of Kudat Peninsula in Malaysia
Etymology	Semenanjung Kudat
Geography
Location	Kudat Division
Coordinates	6°56′8.642″N 116°45′42.309″E
Archipelago	Maritime Southeast Asia
Adjacent bodies of water	South China Sea Sulu Sea
Administration
Malaysia
State	Sabah

Geology

Kudat formation is originated from deep marine environment.[3][4] The peninsula is geologically high flanked by deep structural depressions with the northern terrane comprises thick-bedded sandstone with interbeds of silty mudstone and contains calcareous nannofossil of Early Eocene to Middle Eocene that were deposited in deep-water setting in contrast to shallow-marine environments declared in previously published material.[5][6][7] In the central area of the peninsula in Sikuati located an oil seep in a tidal mangrove swamp surrounded by an adjacent green area of primary and secondary vegetation.[8]

Climate and biodiversity

The peninsula generally received mean annual rainfall ranging from 2,000 millimetres to 2,500 millimetres while part in the southern received rainfall between 2,500 millimetres to 3,000 millimetres.[9] Together with Bengkoka Peninsula, it is part of the Tun Mustapha Marine Park which includes coral reefs conservation.[2]

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