national park
Mount Kinabalu (Kinabalu National Park)
Southeast Asia's highest peak at 4,095 meters in Malaysian Borneo, a UNESCO site with extraordinary biodiversity and Via Ferrata climbing.
59 km · about 70 min drive
AsiaMalaysiaSabah
Petagas
Sabah, Malaysia · Asia
About Petagas
Petagas sits on the route: 10 minutes from Donggongon, 59km from Mount Kinabalu (Kinabalu National Park).
Petagas is in Sabah, Malaysia, with about 36,000 people. You drive on the left here. The nearest town is Donggongon, about 6 km away.
The Petagas War Memorial or Petagas War Memorial Garden (Malay: Taman Peringatan Petagas/Perang Petagas, Chinese: 必打卡士战争烈士纪念碑) is a memorial park dedicated to the Second World War victims in Sabah particularly to 324 resistance movement members, who were executed on 21 January 1944 at the site by the JapaneseRead more
occupying forces of North Borneo for their involvement in the Jesselton Revolt. The park memorial plate lists the names of men of various ethnic groups in North Borneo and from various islands in the Sulu Archipelago including the main resistance leader Albert Kwok and those who assisted or died in Labuan Military Prison. The park was built exactly on the site where the massacre took place and where the victims were initially buried. It is located in Kampung Peringatan Petagas in the district of Putatan in Sabah, Malaysia.
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What is there to see near Petagas?
Within an hour or so of Petagas: Mount Kinabalu (Kinabalu National Park) (59 km).
Where is Petagas?
Petagas is in Sabah, Malaysia, about 6 km from Donggongon.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 35,844
- Continent
- Asia
- Country
- Malaysia
- Region
- Sabah
- Timezone
- Asia/Kuching
- Coordinates
- 5.9116, 116.0499
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1 notable place within an hour's drive.
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Year-round
Tropical latitude: plan around the wet season rather than temperature.
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