Kinabalu Park
national park and UNESCO World Heritage Site in Malaysia
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Kinabalu Park is a protected natural area in Malaysia that has been recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site for its outstanding environmental value. The park preserves an important ecosystem and is significant enough to warrant international conservation status.
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Kinabalu Park (Malay: Taman Kinabalu), established as one of the first national parks of Malaysia in 1964, is Malaysia's first World Heritage Site designated by UNESCO in December 2000 for its "outstanding universal values" and the role as one of the most important biological sites in the world with more than 4,500 species of flora and fauna, including 326 bird and around 100 mammal species, and over 110 land snail species.
Located on the west coast of Sabah, Malaysian Borneo, it covers an area of 754 square kilometres surrounding Mount Kinabalu, which at 4,095.2 meters, is the highest mountain on the island of Borneo.