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Darvel Bay or Lahad Datu Bay is a bight (large bay) on the east side of Sabah, Malaysia. It is the largest semi-enclosed bay on the east coast of Borneo and faces the Sulawesi Sea. Administratively, it is within Tawau Division, with Lahad Datu on the north side, Kunak in the middle and Semporna to the south of the bay.
Darvel Bay was a traditional haunt for pirates up to the end of the 19th century.Tregonning, K. G. (1965) A History of Modern Sabah (North Borneo, 1881–1963) (2nd ed.) published for the University of Singapore by the University of Malaya Press, Singapore, p.191 OCLC 410956 Among the most famous pirates was Datu Kudunding.Black, Ian (1983) A Gambling Style of Government: The Establishment of the Chartered Company's rule in Sabah, 1878–1915 Oxford University Press, Kuala Lumpur, p. 23, The British operated the Darvel Bay Tobacco Plantations Ltd, in Lahad Datu District which was immortalized in the documentary film Urban Bioscope Expedition through Borneo by H. M. Lomas.Herbert, Stephen (2000) A History of Early Film Routledge, London, pp. 180–181,
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