{"id":64,"date":"2023-09-14T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/?p=64"},"modified":"2023-09-18T15:35:55","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T07:35:55","slug":"batu-bersusun-columnar-basalt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mysabah.com\/wordpress\/batu-bersusun-columnar-basalt\/","title":{"rendered":"Batu Bersusun, the Only Columnar Basalt in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tawau is crying. Because once tourists land on the airport of Tawau, they quickly head to Semporna, the diving paradise of Sabah. This makes Batu Bersusun the most neglected attraction, though it’s the only columnar basalt in Malaysia and 14 kilometres away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Columnar joints of Batu Bersusun were formed during the cooling of hot lava about 27,000 years ago. The cooling process causes the rocks to form hexagonally extended columns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

“Batu Bersusun” means neatly arranged rocks.<\/strong> Along 100 metres of river bank at Balung River in Kampung Balung Cocos (Kampung means Village), thousands of interlocking and greyish rock pillars lined up tidily on both side of the river, like two rows of manmade wall. The natural wonder of this volcanic remnant is called columnar jointing. The local villagers call it Giram Nek Legek<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Batu Bersusun (Columnar Basalt) of Kampung Balung Cocos in Tawau, East Coast of Sabah<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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