Sebatik Island

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Sebatik Island (Pulau Sebatik) is an island off the eastern coast of Borneo. It lies in the Sebuku Bay (Teluk Sebuku). The Sabahan city of Tawau lies just to the north. It is 'also' claimed by the Philippines.

The island is disected along the 4° 10' North parallel by the Indonesia-Malaysia border into two - the northern part belongs to Sabah, Malaysia while the southern part belongs to East Kalimantan, Indonesia.

The Malaysian portion of Sebatik is within the parliamentary constituency of Kalabakan.

It was one of the places in which heavy fighting took place between Indonesian troops and Malaysian troops during the 1963 Indonesia Malaysia Confrontation.

The North Borneo Timbers company operated a logging concession on the island until the 1980s and its mostly expatriate employees lived in a self-contained community in Wallace Bay.

v • d • e Sabah

Divisions	Interior Division • Kudat Division • Sandakan Division • Tawau Division • West Coast Division

Cities	Kota Kinabalu (capital)

Towns	Beaufort • Beluran • Bingkor • Bongawan • Donggongon • Inanam • Kalabakan • Keningau • Kimanis • Kinabatangan • Kinarut • Kota Belud • Kota Marudu • Kuala Penyu • Kudat • Kunak • Kundasang • Lahad Datu • Membakut • Menggatal • Nabawan • Papar • Pensiangan • Pitas • Putatan • Ranau • Sandakan • Sapulut • Semporna • Sepanggar • Sindumin • Sipitang • Tambunan • Tamparuli • Tawau • Telipok • Telupid • Tenom • Tuaran • Weston

Islands	Balambangan Island • Banggi Island • Gaya Island • Jambongan Island • Kapalai Island • Lankayan Island • Layang Layang Island • Libaran Island • Ligitan Island • Mabul Island • Malawali Island • Sebatik Island • Selingan Island • Sipadan Island • Tabawan Island • Tiga Island• Timbun Mata Island