Pontian District
Pontian District ( ms, Daerah Pontian) is a district located in southwest part of the Malaysian state of Johor. It borders Batu Pahat and Kluang Districts to the north and Kulai and Johor Bahru Districts to the east.
Etymology
The name o ...
,
Johor
Johor (; ), also spelled as Johore, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. Johor has land borders with the Malaysian states of Pahang to the north and Malacca and Negeri Sembilan ...
,
Malaysia
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.
Geology
The island is predominantly covered by
mangrove
A mangrove is a shrub or tree that grows in coastal saline water, saline or brackish water. The term is also used for tropical coastal vegetation consisting of such species. Mangroves are taxonomically diverse, as a result of convergent evoluti ...
and
mudflat
Mudflats or mud flats, also known as tidal flats or, in Ireland, slob or slobs, are coastal wetlands that form in intertidal areas where sediments have been deposited by tides or rivers. A global analysis published in 2019 suggested that tidal fl ...
. It is surrounded by 8 km2 of mudflat. Recently (2018) it was rumored that the island holds large deposits of
gold
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.
Geography
The island is located around 1 km offshore from Johor mainland. The island spans over an area of 6.472 km2.
Ecology
The island consists of various wildlife animals, such as monkeys, wild boars,
mudskipper
Mudskippers are any of the 23 extant species of amphibious fish from the subfamily Oxudercinae of the goby family Oxudercidae. They are known for their unusual body shapes, preferences for semiaquatic habitats, limited terrestrial locomotion and ...
s etc.
File:20140705T094531_Lat_1_19_31.02168022_N_Long_103_25_54.49303202_E.jpg, Amphibious fish
File:20140705T094902_Lat_1_19_30.98143201_N_Long_103_25_54.50862000_E.jpg, Fidler crab
File:20140705T090312_Lat_1_19_34.28976000_N_Long_103_26_3.59800797_E.jpg, ''Telescopium telescopium''
File:Crab-eating macaque juveniles, Pulau Kukup National Park.jpg, Monkeys
File:20140705T085601_Lat_1_19_34.61880000_N_Long_103_26_4.89840000_E.jpg, Mangrove forest
History
Kukup Island status as a remote hinterland changed in the 1990s when scientists began focusing on the island's
biodiversity
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a unique ecological characteristics. In the interest of preserving this unique habitat, Kukup Island was gazetted a
national park
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on 27 March 1997 under the Johor State Park Corporation Enactment 1989. On 31 January 2003, this island was granted the status of a " Wetland of International Importance", or
Ramsar site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
**
Geneva
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-based Ramsar Convention Bureau.
See also
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List of islands of Malaysia
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
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List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance
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