Mount Magdalena

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

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| location = Tawau Division, Sabah, Malaysia

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| last_eruption = Holocene

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Mount Magdalena ({{langx|ms|Gunung Magdalena}}) is a volcanic cone mountain located at the Tawau Division of Sabah, Malaysia.{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=125818|title=World's new tallest tree in Tawau Hills Park|author=Lagatah Toyos|publisher=Daily Express|date=15 July 2018|accessdate=20 May 2019|quote=There are three main peaks in the form of extinct volcanoes, which were last active about 27,000 years ago, namely Mt Magdalena, Mt Lucia and Mt Maria.|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520072025/http://www.dailyexpress.com.my/news.cfm?NewsID=125818|archivedate=20 May 2019|url-status=dead}} It reaches a height of approximately {{convert|1310|m|ft|0}}.{{cite book|author1=George Argent|author2=Anthony Lamb|author3=Anthea Phillipps|title=The Rhododendrons of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5DklAQAAMAAJ|year=2007|publisher=Natural History Publications (Borneo)|isbn=978-983-812-111-8}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahparks.org.my/index.php/the-parks/tawau-hills-park|title=Introduction to Tawau Hills Park|publisher=Tawau Hills Park|accessdate=20 May 2019}} By prominence Mount Magdalena is at number 24 out of 5,270 peaks in Malaysia and at 6th place out of 383 peaks in Sabah.{{Cite web |last=PeakVisor |title=Gunung Magdalena |url=https://peakvisor.com/peak/gunung-magdalene.html |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=PeakVisor |language=en}}

History

Since 1979, it has been a part of the Tawau Hills Park. Jungle trekking activities are served by the park where the forest trail also leads to Mount Lucia and Mount Maria.{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahparks.org.my/index.php/activities-thp|title=Activities at Tawau Hills Park|publisher=Tawau Hills Park|accessdate=20 May 2019|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190518020648/http://www.sabahparks.org.my/index.php/activities-thp|archivedate=18 May 2019|url-status=dead}}

See also

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