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Pom Pom Island
Pom Pom Island (Malay: Pulau Pom Pom) is a small coral reef island in the Celebes Sea approximately 30 kilometres north east of Semporna town, Sabah, East Malaysia.
The island is 2.3 kilometres in circumference at the high tide line with a fringing coral reef 4 kilometres long. The island is flat sand with a maximum elevation of less than 2 metres above the HT line. The reef flat is only 50–75 metres wide to the west and several hundred metres wide around most of the island. The island has a white sand coral beach and is a significant nesting location site for green and hawksbill turtles. Relatively undeveloped, the island is one of the most popular dive destinations in the Semporna district.
There are six islands to the northeast of Semporna, outside the Tun Sakaran Marine Park. The presence of turtle nesting links the island. The islands are mostly separated by deep water and are all surrounded by a fringing coral reef with minimal lagoon development. There are coastal stilt villages on Kalapuan and Bohayan islands, while the other islands have fewer inhabitants. There are operational resorts on Pom Pom Island, Mataking and Kalapuan, while resorts are planned for Timba Timba and Pandanan islands.
Pom Pom is being eroded from the northeast side and to stabilise the shoreline, the Pom Pom Island Resort has built a long sea wall at the high tide line.
Both Pom Pom and Mataking islands were featured in the second edition of the Swedish reality competition, Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries.
Pom Pom island is densely wooded with small trees, especially from the pandanus family. There are no monitor lizards or snakes, though these are found on the other islands.
The marine biodiversity of Pom Pom Island is rich with many rare and uncommon species. The region is part of the coral triangle which has 500-plus coral species. A recent study by UMS, WWF, Sabah Parks and Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands in the nearby Tun Sakaran Marine Park found a record 43 species of mushroom corals and suggested that the region may have the world's highest marine biodiversity: “At some of the more diverse reefs, fish species counts rivalled the highest counts that the fish team found in the Philippines and were greater than what they have encountered in Indonesia.” The fish team encountered 844 species of fish in Semporna.
The ongoing survey by TRACC's based on Pom Pom island, has a fish count of 220+ species and a coral count of over 250 species. The northeast Semporna islands are part of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion and have been prioritised by the WWF's and the Fisheries Department of Sabah.
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Pom Pom Island
Pom Pom Island (Malay: Pulau Pom Pom) is a small coral reef island in the Celebes Sea approximately 30 kilometres north east of Semporna town, Sabah, East Malaysia.
The island is 2.3 kilometres in circumference at the high tide line with a fringing coral reef 4 kilometres long. The island is flat sand with a maximum elevation of less than 2 metres above the HT line. The reef flat is only 50–75 metres wide to the west and several hundred metres wide around most of the island. The island has a white sand coral beach and is a significant nesting location site for green and hawksbill turtles. Relatively undeveloped, the island is one of the most popular dive destinations in the Semporna district.
There are six islands to the northeast of Semporna, outside the Tun Sakaran Marine Park. The presence of turtle nesting links the island. The islands are mostly separated by deep water and are all surrounded by a fringing coral reef with minimal lagoon development. There are coastal stilt villages on Kalapuan and Bohayan islands, while the other islands have fewer inhabitants. There are operational resorts on Pom Pom Island, Mataking and Kalapuan, while resorts are planned for Timba Timba and Pandanan islands.
Pom Pom is being eroded from the northeast side and to stabilise the shoreline, the Pom Pom Island Resort has built a long sea wall at the high tide line.
Both Pom Pom and Mataking islands were featured in the second edition of the Swedish reality competition, Expedition Robinson, or Survivor as it is referred to in some countries.
Pom Pom island is densely wooded with small trees, especially from the pandanus family. There are no monitor lizards or snakes, though these are found on the other islands.
The marine biodiversity of Pom Pom Island is rich with many rare and uncommon species. The region is part of the coral triangle which has 500-plus coral species. A recent study by UMS, WWF, Sabah Parks and Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Netherlands in the nearby Tun Sakaran Marine Park found a record 43 species of mushroom corals and suggested that the region may have the world's highest marine biodiversity: “At some of the more diverse reefs, fish species counts rivalled the highest counts that the fish team found in the Philippines and were greater than what they have encountered in Indonesia.” The fish team encountered 844 species of fish in Semporna.
The ongoing survey by TRACC's based on Pom Pom island, has a fish count of 220+ species and a coral count of over 250 species. The northeast Semporna islands are part of the Sulu-Sulawesi Marine Ecoregion and have been prioritised by the WWF's and the Fisheries Department of Sabah.
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