Kinabalu Mountain Height
The summit low s peak has a height of 4 095 metres 13 435 feet and is the third tallest in south east asia.
Kinabalu mountain height. That is after considering mount tambora located in sumbawa indonesia with the height of 4 300m before its eruption in 1815. Below is the list provided by wikipedia. The height of the mountain is often given as 4 101m but recent satellite imaging has proven this to be incorrect. Rainfall averages 110 inches a year on the mountain and snow falls on its upper slopes.
1 in 1997 a re survey using satellite technology established its summit known as low s peak height at 4 095 metres 13 435 ft above sea level which is some 6 metres 20 ft less than the previously thought and hitherto published figure of. According to wikipedia mount kinabalu is the 21st highest peak in south east asia. Mount kinabalu is borneo s tallest mountain. Kinabalu with its height of almost 14 000 feet from sea level to summit has a wide range of life zones which are determined by climate temperature and precipitation.
Mount kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence. Mount kinabalu s face is a steep grade and climbing the high steps is a struggle but the views make it all worthwhile. In other words mount kinabalu is ranked 21st before 1815 and ranked 20th after the eruption. Mount kinabalu is the highest mountain on the island of borneo.
Mount kinabalu is in kinabalu park in the malaysian state of sabah some 80 km east of kota kinabalu.