SANTUBONG Mission’s Seaside Resort (1850s), Watercolour By Harriette McDougall
Santubong may refer to: *Mount Santubong, Sarawak *Santubong (federal constituency) Santubong is a federal constituency in Kuching Division ( Lundu DIstrict and Kuching District), Sarawak, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of th ...

Mount Santubong
Mount Santubong ( ms, Gunung Santubong) is a mountain in the Malaysian state of Sarawak. It is located about 35 km north of the state capital Kuching. Biological importance In 1855 a British naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallacewho was staying at Santubong while collecting specimens in Sarawak, wrote a paper while called "Sarawak Lawwhich 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 History Mount Santubong's name is derived from indigenous Dyak Iban means coffin. Investigators have made ascents of the steep mountain to find places of archaeological interest. Around its foot are old Hindu occupation which are hundreds of years old which have been investigated by the Sarawak Mus ...
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