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The Berhala Island ((マレー語:Pulau Berhala)) is a small forested island situated in Sandakan Bay in Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. The island is approximately 5 hectares in size and has prominent cliffs at its northern end.〔http://www.virtualmalaysia.com/destination/berhala%20island.html〕〔http://www.borneoexpress.com/borneo_interesting_places.htm〕 Many birds of prey can be seen on and around Berhala, including brahminy kites, serpent eagles and sea eagles.〔Smythies, B. E., 1960, ''The Birds of Borneo'' Publisher: Oliver & Boyd.〕 The island has a lighthouse at its highest point.〔http://www.iczm.sabah.gov.my/reports/Coastal%20Profile%20Sandakan/Ch11/Chapter%2011%20-%20Tourism.htm〕 In the period prior to World War II, the island was used as a quarantine station for labourers coming from China and the Philippines, and was also home to a leper colony. During the war, civilian internees, including Agnes Newton Keith and her husband Harry Keith were held in the quarantine station which served as a makeshift internment camp, before being transferred to Batu Lintang camp in Kuching, Sarawak. After the civilians left, POWs were interned in the camp. A daring escape took place from Berhala Island in June 1943, when several POWs who were due to be transferred to Sandakan POW camp managed to escape to Tawi-Tawi in the Philippines.〔Peter Firkins, 1995, ''Borneo Surgeon A Reluctant Hero: The Story of Dr James P. Taylor'' Carlisle, WA: Hesperian Press,77-8〕〔(AWM photograph 121749 caption )〕 Plans are currently in development to promote Berhala Island as a tourist attraction.〔http://www.sabahtourism.com/sabah-malaysian-borneo/en/news/2631-liew-berhala-island-a-budding-tourist-attraction/〕 ==See also== * List of islands of Malaysia 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Berhala Island, Sabah」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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