Rants and raves about the height of Kinabalu were audible last year,
2007. I knew that Mount Kinabalu is not the highest mountain in South
East Asia, but I did not know that Mount Kinabalu was ranked 5th on the
highest point in SEA.
Dan Low is the person who was responsible for the information to be conveyed to me. LeongWK was the first person who raised this issue but I did not take it seriously, until I read a blog post by Bisean. Fortunately, we share our information together through Multiply social
networking platform and I am glad to be connected to a group of people
who are really concern about our World Heritage Site.
You can read the heavy discussion in Bisean blog, which some of the
commenter did not really agree with the facts. They gave a very
different description and definition of the countries and the borders of
Asian continent and South East Asia, in which, according to their
definition, Mount Kinabalu will rank differently on the highest point
list of mountains in this region.
We could actually argue the facts on the border definitions, but
personally for me, it is not as important as taking the responsibility
to take care of the mountain.
Most importantly, our young generation must be teach to love our
mountain and take care of our environment. No point having the highest
mountain in South East Asia, but nothing is done to preserve the
heritage.
By the way, I think it’s about time we change our Malaysian Geography
syllabus, by not mentioning Kinabalu is the highest mountain in South
East Asia. Our neighbouring countries may get insulted with it.
I hereby give you the 10 highest peak in South East Asia, courtesy of Dan Low…
1. Hkakabo Razi, Burma (5881m)
2. Puncak Jaya, Indonesia (5030m)
3. Trikora, Indonesia (4751m)
4. Mandala, Indonesia (4701m)
5. Kinabalu, Malaysia (4095m)
6. Kerinji, Indonesia (3809m)
7. Rinjani, Indonesia (3727m)
8. Semeru, Indonesia (3677m)
9. Fansipan, Vietnam (3143m)
10. Agung, Indonesia (3142m)
