Mount Kinabalu (9♠)

Mount Kinabalu  is a prominent mountain on the island of Borneo in Southeast Asia. It is located in the East Malaysian state of Sabah and is protected as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the highest peak in Borneo's Crocker Range and is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago as well as the highest mountain in Malaysia. Mount Kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence.

In 1997, a re-survey using satellite technology established its summit (known as Low's Peak) height at 4,096 metres (13,438 ft) above sea level, which is some 6 metres (20 ft) less than the previously thought and hitherto published figure of 4,101 metres (13,455 ft).

Mount Kinabalu includes the Kinabalu montane alpine meadows ecoregion in the montane grasslands and shrublands biome. The mountain and its surroundings are among the most important biological sites in the world, with between 5,000 and 6,000 species of plants, 326 species of birds, and more than 100 mammalian species identified. Among this rich collection of wildlife are famous species such as the gigantic Rafflesia plants and the orangutan. Mount Kinabalu has been accorded UNESCO World Heritage status.

Low's Peak can be climbed quite easily by a person in good physical condition and there is no need for mountaineering equipment at any point on the main route. Other peaks along the massif, however, require rock climbing skills.

Mount Kinabalu along with other upland areas of the Crocker Range is known worldwide for its botanical and biological species biodiversity with plants of Himalayan, Australasian, and Indomalayan origin. A recent botanical survey of the mountain estimated a staggering 5,000 to 6,000 plant species (excluding mosses and liverworts but including ferns), is more than all of Europe and North America (excluding tropical regions of Mexico) combined. It is therefore one of the world's most important biological sites.

In 2015, a major Malaysian-Dutch study showed that the unique flora, fauna, and fungi on the mountain summit are younger than the mountain itself, and have evolved from both local and distant montane ancestors.

沙巴神山/京那巴魯山

京那巴魯山位於馬來西亞沙巴的京那巴鲁国家公园內，是婆罗洲最高峰，并为馬來西亞的最高峰，最高点洛氏峰海拔4095.2公尺，以每年0.5公分的速度長高，也是馬來群島最高或第四高峰[註 1]。顶峰相对而言容易攀登，景色壮美，动植物品种极其丰富，一直是旅游胜地以及极佳的动植物科研区域。

关于京那巴魯山的名字由来，“Kina”是中国的别称，“balu”则是“寡妇”之意。相傳在古時候，兩位在廣州外海打漁的中國兄弟，不慎遇到颱風而漂流至沙巴，便在當地落地生根、娶了当地的土著为妻而生子，無奈兄弟倆都很懷念故鄉，便協議由哥哥先回故鄉探親後再帶一家回中國。怎知哥哥卻一去不回，大嫂便每天都站在山上翹首盼望着南海希望能看到丈夫的回来，她风雨不改，直到老死，後人為了紀念這的愛情故事，便把此山命名為「中國寡婦山」。

京那巴鲁山山体由花岗岩构成，几乎不长植物。1851年英国植物学家休·罗首次攀登到达罗氏峰下方100公尺处。登山前必須先鍛鍊身體及向1870公尺处的國家公園當局註冊，公园每天早上7点开门，每六位新攀登者需聘請一位嚮導，以保護登山者的安全，攀登京那巴魯山需要兩天，登山者可從早上八點多開始登山，歷時4-8小時可到達山腰的Laban Rata或3670公尺的Saya Saya住宿，有高山症的朋友必須準備对乙酰氨基酚(普拿疼)以防萬一。每天有200名，全年约有6万名世界各地的登山者登山。

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