Kimanis Bay (Malay language: Teluk Kimanis) is a bay on the west coast of the island of Borneo. It is a part of state of Sabah and connects to the South China Sea. Administratively, it belongs to Papar District in the West Coast Division.[ Administrative District Boundary and Local Authority Area. In: Census 2010 for Sabah. (PDF; 1,9 MB) Department of Statistics, Malaysia, p. 153.]
Geography
The bay covers an area of approximately 450 km
2. The coastline extends in a wide arc from Cape Nosong to Cape Papar. In front of the bay is the island of Pulau Tiga. The coastline is predominantly not forested, with agricultural use.
[ 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]
History
The name of the bay is derived from the settlement of
Kimanis. The name Kimanis Bay can already be found on a map of
North Borneo from 1899 published by the North Borneo Chartered Company.
[ Views of British North Borneo. North Borneo Chartered Company. London, 1899; .]
Sabah-Sarawak Integrated Oil and Gas Project
The Sabah Oil and Gas Terminal (SOGT), located in the coastal area of Kimanis Bay, serve as a receiving, storage and export station for oil and natural gas from Sabah's offshore fields. At the same time, the Sabah-Sarawak Gas Pipeline (SSGP) begins here, which transports natural gas over a distance of 522 kilometers to
Bintulu District,
Sarawak.
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