Mount Santubong

Mount Santubong
File:Mount Santubong from Santubong Bridge.jpg Mt. Santubong from Santubong Bridge
Highest point
Elevation
Prominence
Coordinates
Geography
Location	Sarawak, Borneo
Climbing
First ascent	Unknown
Easiest route	Hike

Mount Santubong (Malay: Gunung Santubong) is a mountain in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is located about 35 km north of the state capital Kuching.

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View from the mountain top

Mt. Santubong with Sarawak River in the foreground

Biological importance

In 1855 a British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace[1] who was staying at Santubong while collecting specimens in Sarawak, wrote a paper while called "Sarawak Law" [2] which can be considered as a precursor to the biological theory of evolution.

Ascent

Mount Santubong lies within a gazetted national park of the same name. Entry to the park is now via the temporary Sarawak Forestry Corporation park headquarter entrance. The issue of custodian of park entry has now been put to rest by the relevant authorities

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Part of the arduous ascent

Further reading

• National Parks of Sarawak, by Hans P. Hazebroek, Abang Kashim bin Abang Morshidi. ISBN 983-812-032-4.
• The Encyclopedia of Malaysia, ISBN 981-3018-47-X.
• On the Law Which Has Regulated the Introduction of New Species.
• AR Wallace travelog to Borneo and the Malay World.

External links

• Satellite image from Google Earth
• Sarawak Tourism page on the mountain
• A song about the two princesses, with translations