Mount Alab

{{Short description|Mountain in Sabah, Malaysia}}

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| name = Mount Alab

| native_name ={{native name list|tag1=ms|name1=Gunung Alab|tag2=dtp|name2=Nulu Alab}}

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| elevation_m = 1,951

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| range = Crocker Mountains

| listing = Ribu

| location = Penampang-Tambunan border, West Coast/Interior divisional boundary, Sabah

| map = Malaysia

| map_caption = Location in Malaysia

| coordinates = {{coord|5|49|N|116|22|E|type:mountain_region:MY|display=inline,title}}

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Mount Alab ({{langx|ms|Gunung Alab}}, Dusun: Nulu Alab) is a mountain located at the border of the West Coast as well as the Interior divisions of Sabah, Malaysia. The mountain is located approximately {{cvt|30|km}} from Sabah's capital of Kota Kinabalu, where it can be highly visible from the city on a clear sky and easily recognisable with the presence of telecommunications tower near its peak, approximately at {{coord|5|49|47|N|116|20|30|E}}.{{cite web|url=http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/htan_caims/Level%202%20frame%20pgs/Class%206%20Frames/crocker_range_fr.htm|title=Class VI Virgin Jungle Reserve (VJR) [Infrastructure]|publisher=Government of Sabah|date=2 April 2005|access-date=5 July 2019}} With a height of {{convert|1951|m|ft|0}},{{cite journal|url=http://wwwsst.ums.edu.my/data/file/YxSjm10h1985.pdf|title=Geomorphology of Gunung Alab, Tambunan and Keningau|author1=Majeed M. Faisal|author2=Edward Voo Lok Zan|author3=Sanudin Tahir|author4=Baba Musta|journal=Borneo Science|via=Universiti Malaysia Sabah|year=1999|page=19 [3/20]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709065526/http://wwwsst.ums.edu.my/data/file/YxSjm10h1985.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2019|url-status=dead}} it is the highest mountain within the Crocker Range in Sabah outside the protected park area and lies to the south of the highest peak on Borneo island, the Mount Kinabalu.{{cite journal|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/crocker-range-iba-malaysia/text|title=Crocker Range [Data Zone MY020]|publisher=BirdLife International|year=2003|access-date=5 July 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahparks.org.my/index.php/the-parks/crocker-range-park|title=Introduction to Crocker Range Park|publisher=Sabah Parks|access-date=5 July 2019|quote=The Park lies within 8 districts with elevation ranging between 100m to 2050m at the peak of Mt. Alab.}}