Brunei Bay Explained

Brunei Bay
Teluk Brunei
Location:Southeast Asia
Coords:5.0121°N 115.2907°W
Type:Bay
Inflow:South China Sea
Pushpin Map:Brunei
Pushpin Map Alt:Map showing the location of Brunei Bay on the northern coast of Borneo island
Basin Countries:Brunei, Malaysia

Brunei Bay (Malay: Teluk Brunei) is on the northwestern coast of Borneo island, in Brunei and Malaysia. It is located east of Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei.

It is the ocean gateway to the isolated Temburong District of Brunei, separated from the rest of Brunei by the Malaysian Sarawak State surrounding it to the bay.

A 30km (20miles) roadway connecting the Muara and Temburong districts of Brunei, completed in 2018, crosses over the Brunei bay. The section going across the Brunei bay measures in at 14km (09miles).[1]

Environment

Brunei Bay contains some 8,000 hectares of tidal mudflats and sandflats, seagrass beds, coral reefs, mangroves, beach forest and sandstone islets. These have been identified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area (IBA) because it supports significant numbers of the populations of various bird species, including Bonaparte's nightjars, lesser adjutants, Storm's storks, Chinese egrets, greater sandplovers, spotted greenshanks and roseate terns. Threats include inshore trawling, waterbird hunting, and habitat fragmentation through mangrove clearance.[2]

References

Other sources

5.0833°N 133°W

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Temburong bridge ready 2018. Rabiatul. Kamit. 10 May 2013. Brunei Times. 10 July 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20131203094248/http://archive.bt.com.bn/news-national/2013/05/10/temburong-bridge-ready-2018#. 2013-12-03. dead.
  2. Web site: Brunei Bay . . BirdLife Data Zone . BirdLife International. 3 October 2020 .