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Gomantong Cave Sandakan

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Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
Gomantong Cave Sandakan
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Gomantong Hill, Sandakan, Malaysia

The Gomantong Caves are an intricate cave system inside Gomantong Hill in Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia. The hill is the largest limestone outcrop in the Lower Kinabatangan area. Situated in a Sabah Forestry Department forest reserve, the caves and the surrounding area are a protected area for wildlife, especially orangutans. The limestone hill is also the only known site for the endangered land snail Plectostoma mirabile. Investigation of the guano deposits were first made in 1889 by J.H. Allard of the China Borneo Company, and the caves were first mapped by P. Orolfo in 1930. Detailed re-mapping and laser-scanning of the caves was conducted in 2012 and July 2014.The bat population is dominated by a colony of the wrinkle-lipped free-tailed bat, Chaerephon plicatus, whose nightly exodus is a popular tourist attraction. The population size, which has been widely exaggerated in the past, was counted at between 275,000 and 276,000 in 2012. There are also bat hawks that linger not far from the scene and prey specifically on the bats as they leave their roost.
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