Ligitan Island
Ligitan is a small island in Tawau, Sabah, located east of the island of Borneo, in the Celebes Sea. In the past, the island was at the centre of a territorial dispute between Malaysia and Indonesia.- Island
- …is also known as “Ligitan”
- Description: island in Malaysia
Ligitan Island
- Category: landform
- Location
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Latitude
4.16519° or 4° 9′ 55″ north
Longitude
118.8819° or 118° 52′ 55″ east
Open location code
6PPW5V8J+3Q
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Ligitan Island” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Լիգիտան”
- Azerbaijani: “Ligitan adası”
- Azerbaijani: “Liqitan adası”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Ligitan”
- Chinese: “利吉丹岛”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ليجيتان”
- Finnish: “Ligitan”
- German: “Pulau Ligitan”
- Iban: “Pulau Ligitan”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Ligitan”
- Japanese: “リギタン島”
- Malay: “Pulau Ligitan”
- Portuguese: “Ligitan”
- Russian: “Лигитан”
- Spanish: “Isla Ligitan”
- Vietnamese: “Ligitan”
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Notable Places Nearby
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