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Teluk Cowie

Teluk Cowie
Pemandangan udara Teluk Cowie. Di belakang ialah Pulau Sebatik manakala Bandar Tawau terletak bersebelahan perairan teluk di hadapan.
Teluk Cowie is located in Bumi
Teluk Cowie
Teluk Cowie (Bumi)
LokasiDaerah Tawau, Bahagian Tawau, Sabah, Malaysia
Koordinat4°16′30.73″N 117°47′30.7″E / 4.2752028°N 117.791861°E / 4.2752028; 117.791861
JenisTeluk
Sebahagian dariLaut Sulawesi
Sumber sungaiSungai Merutai, Sungai Kalabakan, Sungai Umas Umas, Sungai Brantian, Sungai Merutai Besar, Sungei Merutai Besar, Sungei Serudong
Panjang maksimum50 kilometer (31 bt)
Lebar maksimum10 kilometer (6.2 bt)
Luas permukaan120 kilometer persegi (46 bt2)
Kedalaman purata15 meter (49 ka)
PulauPulau Sebatik
PetempatanTawau

Teluk Cowie (Bahasa Inggeris: Cowie Bay) ialah sebuah teluk di pantai timur pulau Borneo. Ia adalah sebahagian daripada negeri Sabah, Malaysia dan mengalir ke Laut Sulawesi. Dari segi pentadbiran, ia tergolong dalam Daerah Tawau dalam Bahagian Tawau.[1]

Geografi

Teluk ini meliputi kawasan seluas kira-kira 120 km 2 . Di penghujung teluk, terdapat kawasan perairan cetek yang luas yang berhutan lebat dengan paya bakau. Bahagian selatan teluk ini bersempadan dengan Pulau Sebatik.[2]

Sejarah

Teluk ini dinamakan sempena William Clarke Cowie, yang merupakan seorang jurutera, pelaut, dan ahli perniagaan yang membantu menubuhkan Borneo Utara British dan merupakan Pengerusi Syarikat Borneo Utara British.

Rujukan

  1. ^ Administrative District Boundary and Local Authority Area. In: Diarkibkan (Date missing) di statistics.gov.my (Error: unknown archive URL)
  2. ^ Sailing Directions (Enroute) – Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara. (PDF; 630 kB) United States Navy Publication 163, 2002, Chapter 10 No. 10.67; accessed on February 6, 2012
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