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Langkawi Hosting Geopark Conference 2007
Last Updated on Saturday, 27 October 2007 12:01 Written by LGP Saturday, 27 October 2007 11:12
Dayang Bunting Marble Geoforest Park
Written by LGP Sunday, 06 May 2007 08:08
The Dayang Bunting Geoforest Park is mainly made of Permian marble overthrusted by the older Setul Formation limestone. These world finest marbles were resulted from ther baking of Chuping limestone by Triassic (220 - 200 m.y.) granite intrusion underneath.
The Mat Cinchang Cambrian Geoforest Park
Last Updated on Sunday, 06 May 2007 08:15 Written by LGP Sunday, 06 May 2007 07:57
Based on its outstanding geological landscape, geological history and various other geological features such as sedimentary structures, fossils and erosional features, Langkawi Geopark certainly is the best geopark in the region.
Langkawi island's rich geological heritage are mainly protected under the jurisdiction of the Permanent Forest Reserve, Recreational Forest or Geoforest Park managed by the Forestry Department.
Langkawi Geopark Overview
Langkawi Geopark is Malaysia's first geopark and is located in the far northwestern corner of peninsular Malaysia. Located in northern State of Kedah, it is unique in the sense that it was formed on 99 islands that together made up the legendary Langkawi Archipelago.
The total land area of Langkawi Geopark is about 478km2.
It is accessible by sea from Kuala Perlis , Kuala Kedah and Penang jetties or by air from Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Singapore and Bangkok.
Langkawi has been dubbed as the birthplace or the fetus land of the region. The various natural landscapes of Langkawi reflects the island's geodiversity and its complex geological history. It has the best-exposed and most complete Palaeozoic sedimentary sequence in Malaysia beginning from Cambrian to the Permian period. Later during the Mesozoic, the islands underwent a major tectonic event that resulted in the emplacement of its numerous granitic igneous bodies.
Kilim Karst Geoforest Park
The Kilim Karst Geoforest Park in the eastern part of the main Langkawi Island features magnificently formed landscape of nearly vertical to subrounded limestone hills with pinnacles of various shapes and sizes, can be viewed on limestone Setul Formation.
The northeast region of Langkawi, encompassing the three river basins of Kilim, Air Hangat and Kisap and the neighbouring islands of Langgun and Tanjung Dendang are spectacular in its beauty with the geological and landscape resources, the seas, the mudflats, beaches, the wetland mangrove and the unique fauna and flora that have long coexisted in these ecosystems.
