Witti Mountains
| Witti Mountains | |
|---|---|
| Witti Range | |
  Witti Mountains Location within Borneo | |
| Highest point | |
| Peak | Mount Antulai |
| Elevation | 1,713 m (5,620 ft) |
| Coordinates | 5°11′01.1″N 116°28′57.3″E / 5.183639°N 116.482583°E |
| Naming | |
| Etymology | Franz Xaver Witt[1] |
| Native name | Banjaran Witti (Malay) |
| Geography | |
Countries | Malaysia and Indonesia |
States | Sabah and North Kalimantan |
| Interior Division and Sandakan Division | |
| Keningau Nabawan Sook Tenom Tongod | |
Witti Mountains or Witti Range, is a mountain ranges in the Interior Division of Sabah, Malaysia.[2] It was named after Franz Xaver Witt.[1] The mountain range is also separated from Sabah's two primary mountain range, being the Crocker Mountains to the west, and Trusmadi Range to the northeast.
Geology
[edit]Witti Range is made up of rugged mountain terrain, built from the sandstones and shales of the Crocker Formation, alongside the mudstones, greywackes, and conglomerates of the Sapulut Formation.[3] Witti Range almost consist with all forest reserve,[3] with some are mostly covered with logging trail from rolling hills, with surrounding palm trees. Nearby river included Sook River, Punti River, Padas River and Pegalan River. It ranges to certain district in Sabah like Tenom, Nabawan, Keningau, Sook and Tongod, and also entered part of North Kalimantan of Indonesia.[4]
Biodiversity
[edit]Witti Range consists of certain floral and faunal within its deep forest and highlands.
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Hungary offers 40 scholarships yearly to Malaysian students". Daily Express (Malaysia). Kota Kinabalu: Sabah Publishing House Sdn. Bhd. 1 July 2026. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ↑ "Banjaran Witti". GeoNames. Retrieved 24 August 2026.
- 1 2 Sabah; Malaysia. "Banjaran Witti". Mindat. Tongod. Retrieved 23 August 2026.
- ↑ "Witti Range". mountainbiodiversity.org. Retrieved 25 September 2026.
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