MY012
Tanjung Tuan


Country/territory: Malaysia

IBA criteria met: A1, A3, A4iv (2007)
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Area: 60 hectares (0.60 km2)

Malaysian Nature Society

Site summary
Situated in Alor Gajah in the state of Melaka, another name for this place is Cape Rachado. The area is mostly hilly with many types of rocks. The forest reserve has been gazetted and is the only remaining virgin coastal rainforest left in the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia.


Recommended citation
BirdLife International (2024) Important Bird Area factsheet: Tanjung Tuan (Malaysia). Downloaded from https://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/tanjung-tuan-iba-malaysia on 23/12/2024.