Tanjung Balau is a beach town in

Kota Tinggi District Kota Tinggi District is a district in the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the largest district in the state with an area of . The population was 187,824 in 2010. The principal town is Kota Tinggi. Geography The district has an area of 3,482&nbs ...

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 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 ...

. In April 2019, Johor Marine Department detected an

oil spill An oil spill is the release of a liquid petroleum hydrocarbon into the environment, especially the marine ecosystem, due to human activity, and is a form of pollution. The term is usually given to marine oil spills, where oil is released into th ...

off the coast of Tanjung Balau, covering 4 mautical miles from an estimated 300 tonnes of spilled marine fuel oil.

Tourist attractions

* Tanjung Balau Beach *

Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum The Tanjung Balau Fishermen Museum ( ms, Muzium Nelayan Tanjung Balau) is a museum in Tanjung Balau, Kota Tinggi District, Johor, Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of ...

References

Kota Tinggi District Towns in Johor {{Johor-geo-stub