What made Sipadan Island famous? What is the ONE thing that made this island being chosen as ONE of the Official Nominees in New 7 wonders of nature search? Sipadan Island is an UNTOUCHED PIECE OF ART!!
IF you agree with what the late captain Jacques-Yves Cousteau that declared ,” I have seen other places like Sipadan 45 years ago. Now we have found again an untouched piece of art.” VOTE NOW!.
Go to www.votesipadan.com or www.n7w.com and cast your precious vote. Let share this UNTOUCHED PIECE OF ART with the rest of the earth and let us together appreciate this God given island as an inheritance for our generations to come.
Sipadan is the only oceanic island in Malaysia, rising 2,000 feet or 600m from the seabed.
It is located in the Celebes Sea east of the major town of Tawau and off the coast of East Malaysia on the Island of Borneo. 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 3,000 species of fish and hundreds of coral species have been classified in this ecosystem.
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Let’s read what Tourism Malaysia Website wrote a review about Sipadan Island.
| The late Jacques Cousteau, the world-renowned oceanographer, described Sipadan Island as ‘an untouched piece of art’, while divers around the world voted it as one of the top five dive sites in the world.
Malaysia’s only oceanic island, it is very small – only 12ha. in size. A 25-minute walk is all that is required to circle the island on foot. As an oceanic island, it rises about 700 metres from the sea floor, attracting diverse marine life from the blackness of the open sea. Surrounded by crystal clear waters, this crown jewel is a treasure trove of some of the most amazing marine animals. Declared a bird sanctuary in 1933 by the Colonial Government of North Borneo and re-gazetted in 1963 by the Malaysian Government, the dense vegetation on Sipadan Island supports a large variety of tropical birds which include sea eagles, kingfishers, sunbirds, starlings and wood pigeons. Exotic crustaceans including the amazing coconut crab roam the beaches and scurry among the undergrowth. When diving here, encounters with turtles, resident schools of jacks, bumphead parrotfish and barracudas are almost assured around the tiny coral island. |
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| By Air The jump off point to Sipadan Island is Kota Kinabalu or Tawau. By Car By Sea |
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| For more information, please contact Sabah Tourism Office Tel: +6088-248 698 / 211 732 <!–For more information, please visit www.mulupark.com–> | ||
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| Since last year, Sipadan has been turned into a sanctuary so accommodation is now only available on nearby islands like Mabul. <!—To book travel packages, click here
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