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Ligidan Island
An island south of Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
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The island of Ligitan is located
Malaysia
South of Semporna, Sabah
Semporna
The Angle is about 12 nautical miles in
The island of Kapale
12 miles to the east,
Sipadan Island
15 nautical miles east.
- Chinese name
- Ligidan Island
- Foreign name
- Ligitan
- site
- Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
- Brief introduction
- The largest part of Ligidan Atoll
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Ligidan Island is the largest part of Ligidan Atoll, located in
atoll
The easternmost end. The entire atoll is about 20 km long from north to south and 15 km wide from east to west. There is a lighthouse at the southern end of the island.
The island is disputed between Indonesia and Malaysia. Malaysia and Indonesia have been at loggerheads since 1969 over the sovereignty of the islands of Sipadan and Ligitan, which lie in waters off the border of the Malaysian state of Sabah and the Indonesian province of East Kalimantan. In May 1997, the two sides signed an agreement to refer the dispute over the islands to the International Court of Justice. The International Court of Justice began its public hearing of the territorial claim case on June 3.
International Court of Justice in The Hague
The ruling on the sovereignty of Sipadan Island and Ligitan Island between Malaysia and Indonesia was officially made on the 17th. The court declared that the sovereignty of Sipadan and Ligitan Islands belonged to Malaysia.
