Brunei Bay

West coast of Borneo with Brunei Bay ( left) and Kimani's Bay ( right). Labuan is prominently situated in front of the entrance to the Bay of Brunei.

The Brunei Bay or Bay of Brunei ( Mal. Teluk Brunei ) is a bay on the west coast of the island of Borneo. It is one of the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak and the Sultanate of Brunei Darussalam and opens to the South China Sea. The bay is bordered by the Verwaltungsdistikte Brunei Muara and Temburong on bruneischer page, to the district Limbang in Sarawak and to the districts Kuala Penyu, Beaufort and Sipitang in Sabah.

Geography

The approximately 45 × 45 km large bay covers an area of ​​about 2500 square kilometers and extends north latitude 4 ° 45 ' to 5 ° 2' and east longitude of 114 ° 58 ' to 115 ° 10'. The westernmost extension is marked by Bandar Seri Begawan.

In front of the bay is a series of islands, including Pulau Labuan, which is particularly striking because of its triangular shape. They form the boundary of the bay to the South China Sea. The more than 200 -kilometer coastline is predominantly forested with mangrove swamps.

Flora and Fauna

The mangrove forests that occupy large parts of the lakeshore, are home to many endangered species. The mainly occurring mangrove is rhizophorae apiculata, reaches the heights up to 30 m.

The Brunei Bay is home to a variety of fish, such as Cross catfish ( Ariidae ), various types of Caranx and Sardinella, Dotted sickle fish Drepane punctata, the Anchovisspezies Coilia dussuinieri, the mullet species Liza and Mugil vaigiensis, Plotosus anguillaris, Common scat Scatophagus argus, Scomberomorus guttatus and rabbitfish Siganus.

Of bird species can be found along the banks of migrant Plover Pluvialis dominica, the Mongols Plover Charadrius mongolus, the Whimbrel Numenius phaeopus, the redshank Tringa totanus, the Terek Sandpiper Xenus cinereus, the Sandpiper Actitis hypoleucos and gray tail Sandpipers Heteroscelus brevipes.

The mangrove forests are home to a significant population of proboscis monkeys Nasalis larvatus, the Mützenlanguren Presbytis and the flying foxes Pteropus vampyrus.

A total of eleven species of shrimp live in the bay, three of which - Penaeus merguiensis, Penaeus indicus and Metapenaeus brevicornis - are fished commercially.