Cape Mangkalihat

Cape Mangkalihat
Native name: Tanjung Mangkalihat
	Cape Mangkalihat
Geography
Location	South East Asia
Coordinates	1°15′00″N 118°15′00″E / 1.25000°N 118.25000°ECoordinates: 1°15′00″N 118°15′00″E / 1.25000°N 118.25000°E
Administration
	Indonesia
Province	East Kalimantan

Cape Mangkalihat, also known as Cape Sangkulirang, is a cape in eastern Borneo. It is located in the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan, in the regencies of Berau and East Kutai.

The cape, as part of the Sangkulirang-Mangkalihat Karst, is notable for its rock art, dating to between 35,000 and 40,000 years ago.^[1]

Geography[]

Cape Mangkalihat separates the Celebes Sea in the north from the Makassar Strait in the south. It lies north of the Kutai Basin, and is separated from it by the . The town of Sangkulirang lies at the base of the peninsula, and the northeastern Makassar Strait forms the Sangkulirang bay in its south.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ Aubert, M.; Setiawan, P.; Oktaviana, A. A.; Brumm, A.; Sulistyarto, P. H.; Saptomo, E. W.; Istiawan, B.; Ma'Rifat, T. A.; Wahyuono, V. N.; Atmoko, F. T.; Zhao, J. -X.; Huntley, J.; Taçon, P. S. C.; Howard, D. L.; Brand, H. E. A. (2018). "Palaeolithic cave art in Borneo". Nature. 564 (7735): 254. Bibcode:2018Natur.564..254A. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0679-9. S2CID 53208538 – via ResearchGate.

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[1] Aubert, M.; Setiawan, P.; Oktaviana, A. A.; Brumm, A.; Sulistyarto, P. H.; Saptomo, E. W.; Istiawan, B.; Ma'Rifat, T. A.; Wahyuono, V. N.; Atmoko, F. T.; Zhao, J. -X.; Huntley, J.; Taçon, P. S. C.; Howard, D. L.; Brand, H. E. A. (2018). "Palaeolithic cave art in Borneo". Nature. 564 (7735): 254. Bibcode:2018Natur.564..254A. doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0679-9. S2CID 53208538 – via ResearchGate.

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