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Fun fact 1 about Mount Kinabalu

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Mount Kinabalu is considered a very young mountain, as its granodiorite cooled and hardened only about 10 million years ago.

Mount Kinabalu
Malaysia
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Mount Kinabalu

Malaysia

Elevation
4,095 m
Countries
Malaysia
37th tallest mountain in the world

Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Malaysia and Maritime Southeast Asia, located on the island of Borneo in Sabah. With a height of 4,095 metres (13,435 ft), it is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, the 28th-highest peak in Southeast Asia, and 20th-most-prominent mountain in the world.

From the “Geology” section

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