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Sipadan

Sipadan Island lies off the east coast of . The island is known above all for some of the best scuba diving anywhere in the world. You can visit the island on a day trip, but it is no longer possible to stay on Sipadan.
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  • Type: Islet
  • Description: island in Malaysia
  • Also known as: “Pulau Sipidan” and “Sipadan Island”

Sipadan

Latitude
4.1148° or 4° 6′ 53″ north
Longitude
118.6289° or 118° 37′ 44″ east
Elevation
22 metres (72 feet)
Open location code
6PPW4J7H+WH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 96698692
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
1733713
Wiki­data ID
Q1412482
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Satellite Map

Discover Sipadan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Sipadan” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “سيبادان”
  • Azerbaijani: “Sipadan adası”
  • Balinese: “Pulo Sipadan”
  • Basque: “Sipadan”
  • Bulgarian: “Сипадан”
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Sipadan”
  • Chinese: “西巴丹岛”
  • Chinese: “西巴丹島”
  • Chinese: “锡帕丹岛”
  • Czech: “Sipadan”
  • Dutch: “Pulau Sipadan”
  • Dutch: “Sipadan”
  • Finnish: “Sipadan”
  • French: “Sipadan”
  • German: “Pulau Sipadan”
  • German: “Sipadan”
  • Hebrew: “סיפאדן”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Sipadan”
  • Indonesian: “Sipadan”
  • Japanese: “シパダン”
  • Japanese: “シパダン島”
  • Korean: “시파단섬”
  • Malay: “Pulau Sipadan”
  • Malay: “Sipadan”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Sipadan”
  • Norwegian: “Sipadan”
  • Polish: “Sipadan”
  • Portuguese: “Sipadan”
  • Russian: “Сипадан”
  • Spanish: “Sipadan”
  • Swedish: “Sipadan”
  • Tajik: “Сипедон”
  • Tamil: “தகெஎ்உஉஇ்்்உஉஉஉஉஉ”
  • Yue Chinese: “西巴丹島”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Sipadan”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5.