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'''Kukup Island''' ([[Malay language|Malay]]: '''Pulau Kukup''') is a [[mangrove]] [[island]] located at about 1 km offshore from the 150-year-old fishing village of [[Kukup]] in [[Pontian District]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]. The area of the island is 6.472 square kilometres and is surrounded by 8 square kilometres of [[mudflats]]. Kukup Island status as a remote hinterland changed in the 1990s when scientists began focusing on the island's [[biodiversity]] a unique ecological characteristics. In the interest of preserving this unique habitat, Kukup Island was gazetted a [[national park]] on 27 March 1997. In January |
'''Kukup Island''' ([[Malay language|Malay]]: '''Pulau Kukup''') is a [[mangrove]] [[island]] located at about 1 km offshore from the 150-year-old fishing village of [[Kukup]] in [[Pontian District]], [[Johor]], [[Malaysia]]. The area of the island is 6.472 square kilometres and is surrounded by 8 square kilometres of [[mudflats]]. |
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Kukup Island status as a remote hinterland changed in the 1990s when scientists began focusing on the island's [[biodiversity]] a unique ecological characteristics. In the interest of preserving this unique habitat, Kukup Island was gazetted a [[national park]] on 27 March 1997. In January 2013, this island was granted the status of a "[[List of Ramsar wetlands of international importance|Wetland of International Importance]]", or [[RAMSAR]] Site, by the [[Geneva]]-based Ramsar Convention Bureau.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.sgmytaxi.com/singapore-to-kukup/|title=How To Go To Kukup From Singapore (Kukup Travel Guide)|date=2016-07-02|work=Taxi Singapore to Johor Bahru (JB) Malaysia {{!}} SGMYTAXI.com|access-date=2017-10-31|language=en-US}}</ref> |
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Kukup Island (Malay: Pulau Kukup) is a mangrove island located at about 1 km offshore from the 150-year-old fishing village of Kukup in Pontian District, Johor, Malaysia. The area of the island is 6.472 square kilometres and is surrounded by 8 square kilometres of mudflats.
Kukup Island status as a remote hinterland changed in the 1990s when scientists began focusing on the island's biodiversity a unique ecological characteristics. In the interest of preserving this unique habitat, Kukup Island was gazetted a national park on 27 March 1997. In January 2013, this island was granted the status of a "Wetland of International Importance", or RAMSAR Site, by the Geneva-based Ramsar Convention Bureau.[1]
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- ^ "How To Go To Kukup From Singapore (Kukup Travel Guide)". Taxi Singapore to Johor Bahru (JB) Malaysia | SGMYTAXI.com. 2 July 2016. Retrieved 31 October 2017.