Mount Benum

{{Short description|Mountain in Malaysia}}

{{Infobox mountain

| name = Mount Benum

| native_name = {{native name|ms|Gunung Benum}}

| photo = Benom 1.jpg

| photo_caption = Mount Benum at golden hour, seen from Genting Highlands

| elevation_m = 2107

| elevation_ref = {{cite web|url=http://peaklist.org/WWlists/ultras/indochina.html|title=Southeast Asia: Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Vietnam and Peninsular Malaysia|publisher=Peaklist.org|accessdate=2015-01-04}}

| prominence_m = 1950

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| range = Benom Massif

| listing = Ultra
Ribu

| map = Malaysia

| map_caption = Location in Malaysia

| location = Temerloh, Raub and Jerantut Districts, Pahang

| coordinates = {{coord|3|49|24|N|102|05|39|E|type:mountain_region:MY_scale:100000|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| coordinates_ref = [https://books.google.com/books?id=XCwUDAAAQBAJ&dq=2%2C107+jerai&pg=PA386 A Field Guide to the Birds of Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore, By Allen Jeyarajasingam]

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File:View from Peak of Gunung Benom.jpg

Mount Benum or Mount Benom ({{langx|ms|Gunung Benom}}) is a mountain in the state of Pahang in Malaysia. Its summit is {{convert|2107|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level. The mountain is located in a centre of an isolated massif east of the Titiwangsa Mountains.

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Further reading

  • {{cite news |last= Barnes|first= W. D.|authorlink=Warren Delabere Barnes |date= June 1903|title= Notes on a trip to Gunung Benom in Pahang|url= https://archive.org/details/journalofstrait391903roya |newspaper= Journal of the Straits Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society|issue= 39|pages=1–10|location=Singapore}} A list of plant species collected was established by Henry Nicholas Ridley and is included at pp. 10–18.
  • Hill, J. E. 1972. The Gunong Benom Expedition 1967. 4. New records of Malayan bats, with taxonomic notes and the description of a new Pipistrellus. Bulletin British Museum (National History) Zoology 23 (3):28-29.