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Topography

Gemok Hill Is generally a very steep hill except for low-lying areas. The peak of Gemok Hill is 396 m above sea level.

The Semporna Peninsula has many extinct volcanoes!

. Almost all mountains and hills around Tawau are actually 'extinct' volcanoes!

They include:

. Mt Tiger,
. Mt. Bombalai
. Mt Andrassy
. Mt. Maria
. Mt Lucia
. Mt. Magdalena
. Quion Hill
. Mt. Wullersdorf
. Mt. Tagasan
. Mt. Glas
. Tengah Hill
. Kukusan Hill



. Extinct volcanoes near Semporna are Mt. Pock and Mt Conner.

. The islands of Boheydulong and Tetagan near Semporna are actually parts of the rim of an extinct volcanic crater. The original crater, at least 3 miles in diameter, was part of probably the largest volcano in the Semporna Peninsula.
. Mt Magdalena (4,200 ft) is the highest mountain in the peninsula.

Soil types

The types of soils in Bukit Gemuk are classified as Tinagat. Apas and Brantian. Most of Gemok Hill is made up of the Tinagat type which are derived from basic and intermediate igneous rocks. These rocks originated from magma below the earth's crust which coded before pushing through the crust, forming a very steep hill. These rocks are suitable for building roads.

In the northeast and northwest, the Apas soil type is common and Is made up of volcanic lava and ash. Small areas in the southeast and southwest have the Brantian soil type where the whitish soil contains pebbles of various sizes.

Vegetation
The main vegetation of Gemok Hill is the mixed dipterocarp forest (MDF) and is largely intact, mainly because of the steepness of the hill. The most species of timber trees that you can find here is seraya batu kumus (Shorea laevis), a dipterocarp.


There are many species of selangan batu here such as:

. selangan batu (S. inappendiculata),
. sefangan batu assam (S. maxwelliana),
. selangan batu bersisik (S. foxworthyii) and
. selangan batu daun halus (Shorea superba).

Other large dipterocarps found here are:

. keruing daun besar (Dipterocarpus applanatus),
. keruing merkah (0. acutangulus),
. kerning daun tebal (D. pachyphylfus),
. kerning merah (D. vermcosus) and
. keruing kerukup (D. humeratus)

Bukit Gemok Recreational Forest Park
Hutan Rekreasi Bukit Gemok Tawau

Picking or destroying any fauna or flora is strictly forbidden.

External Links :

Wildlife Research in Sabah : Many research on wildlife resources has taken place in Sabah. Both local and international researchers cooperate with Sabah Wildlife Department which is responsible for guiding wildlife research and issuing research permits.

Sabah Wildlife Department has close cooperation with many different stakeholders in research. One of the most important partners is University of Malaysia Sabah (UMS), with which the department has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding on wildlife research.

Some of the wildlife research issues which the Sabah Wildlife Department gives high priority are:

• Resource inventories and monitoring, which include research on distribution and population dynamics of plants, and animals.  Some of the animal species given priority are species such as Asian Two Horned Rhino, Asian Elephant, Tembadau, Orang-utan, Proboscis Monkey, Eustarine Crocodile, False-Gharial, Clouded Leopard, Sun Bear, all sea turtles and Dugongs.

• Functional aspects, which include research on ecosystem dynamics and relationships, e.g. impact on wildlife of landscape fragmentation, ecological carrying capacity of tourists in protected areas, ecological corridors.

• Management oriented research, which include research and development of standards, techniques and technologies that will improve planning and management of natural resources by the department, e.g. buffer zones, participatory management, ecological impact assessment.

There is still plenty to discover and investigate in Malaysian forests,

Forest Reserve : Bukit Gemok is about 428 meters from sea level and is part of the Bukit Gemok Forest Reserve covering 4.45 square km. It was declared a forest reserve in 1984.

Canopy Walk : What makes Bukit Gemok interesting is the challenging track to the top of the hill where there is a canopy walkway, Titian Silara, which is 231 meter long. It hangs from a few trees on the top of Bukit Gemok and provides visitors a good view of Tawau town.

Adjacent Land : Its surrounding land is planted mainly mainly oil palm.There are also rubber trees, cocoa and small fruit orchards. The dumping ground for the Tawau  in located in Mile 9, Jalan Merotai  just besite the foot hille of Bukit Gemok. (Maintenance of this dumping ground is under a Pemborong Jaya Baru Company)