Mount Maria ( ms, Gunung Maria) is a

volcanic cone Volcanic cones are among the simplest volcanic landforms. They are built by ejecta from a volcanic vent, piling up around the vent in the shape of a cone with a central crater. Volcanic cones are of different types, depending upon the nature and ...

mountain located at the

Tawau Division Tawau Division ( ms, Bahagian Tawau) is one of the five administrative sub-divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. It occupies a total of 14,905 square kilometres or 20% of Sabah's territory. The main towns include the capital of Tawau, Lahad Datu, Kunak ...

Sabah Sabah () is a state of Malaysia located in northern Borneo, in the region of East Malaysia. Sabah borders the Malaysian state of Sarawak to the southwest and the North Kalimantan province of Indonesia to the south. The Federal Territory o ...

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

. It reaches a height of approximately .

Geology

The mountain is formed through the late

Pleistocene The Pleistocene ( , often referred to as the ''Ice age'') is the geological epoch that lasted from about 2,580,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the Earth's most recent period of repeated glaciations. Before a change was finally confirmed in ...

volcanisms which contributed to the prominent topographic features of the

Semporna Peninsula The Semporna Peninsula ( ms, Semenanjung Semporna) is a peninsula in Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia. It consists of coastal areas and numerous isolated hills and mountains rising to over . The Peninsula is also considered as a volcanic arc of ...

and its surrounding areas. Together with

Mount Lucia Mount Lucia ( ms, Gunung Lucia) is a volcanic cone mountain located at the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It reaches a height of approximately . Geology The mountain is formed through the late Pleistocene volcanisms. Together with Mount M ...

in the Tawau

volcanic field A volcanic field is an area of Earth's crust that is prone to localized volcanic activity. The type and number of volcanoes required to be called a "field" is not well-defined. Volcanic fields usually consist of clusters of up to 100 volcanoes ...

, the mountains are made up of Pleistocene

dacite Dacite () is a volcanic rock formed by rapid solidification of lava that is high in silica and low in alkali metal oxides. It has a fine-grained (aphanitic) to porphyritic texture and is intermediate in composition between andesite and rhyolite ...

s. The surrounding mountain peak has been reported with the potential of generating renewable energy such as geothermal power.

History

Since 1979, it has been a part of

Tawau Hills Park Tawau Hills Park, was established in 1979, primarily as a protection for the water catchment area of Tawau town, Sabah, Malaysia. It is located 24 kilometres from Tawau, and comprises 279.72 km² of lowland dipterocarp rainforest, surround ...

. Jungle trekking activities are served by the park where the forest trail also leads to Mount Lucia and

Mount Magdalena Mount Magdalena ( ms, Gunung Magdalena) is a volcanic cone mountain located at the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It reaches a height of approximately . History Since 1979, it has been a part of the Tawau Hills Park. backpacking (wildern ...

References

Tawau Division Mountains of Sabah

Mount Maria Mount Maria is a mountain of the Hornby Mountains, adjacent to Port Howard, on West Falkland island (Falkland Islands). It reaches a height of approximately . As one of the highest mountains of the Falklands, it experienced some glaciation. The ...

Volcanoes of Malaysia Extinct volcanoes of Asia {{Sabah-geo-stub

Geology

History

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References