Mount Kinabalu (Malay: Gunung Kinabalu) is a mountain in Sabah, Malaysia.

It is protected
as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site. Kinabalu is the highest peak in Borneo's Crocker
Range and is the highest mountain in the Malay Archipelago as well as the highest mountain in
Malaysia.[1]Mount Kinabalu is also the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic
prominence.[2]
In 1997, a re-survey using satellite technology established its summit (known as Low's Peak)
height at 4,095 metres (13,435 ft) above sea level, which is some 6 metres (20 ft) less than the
previously thought and hitherto published figure of 4,101 metres (13,455 ft).[3]
Mount Kinabalu includes the Kinabalu montane alpine meadowsecoregion in the montane
grasslands and shrublands biome. The mountain and its surroundings are among the most
important biological sites in the world, with between 5,000 and 6,000 species of plants, 326
species of birds, and more than 100 mammalian species identified. Among this rich collection of
wildlife are famous species such as the gigantic Rafflesia plants and orangutans. Mount Kinabalu
has been accorded UNESCO World Heritage status.[4][5][6]
Low's Peak can be climbed quite easily by a person in good physical condition and there is no
need for mountaineering equipment at any point on the main route.[7] Other peaks along
the massif, however, require rock climbing skills.