Kapas Island
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Native name: Pulau Kapas ڤولاو كاڤس Pula Kapah | |
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.jpg) Landscape of Kapas Island | |
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| Geography | |
| Location | South China Sea |
| Coordinates | 5°13′08″N 103°15′55″E / 5.218975°N 103.265338°E |
| Archipelago | Kapas and Gemia |
| Area | 1.5 km2 (0.58 sq mi) |
| Administration | |
| State |  Terengganu |
| District | Marang |
| Mukim | Rusila |
| Additional information | |
| Time zone | |
| Postal code | 21600 |
Kapas Island (Malay: Pulau Kapas, Terengganuan: Pula Kapah) is an island in Marang District, Terengganu, Malaysia, with a smaller island, Gemia Island, located north of it.[1] It measures roughly 1.5 by 2.5 km (0.93 by 1.55 mi).[2] Its name, Pulau Kapas (Malay for the cotton island), refers to the island's white beaches. The island has a tropical jungle, clear seawater, white sand beaches and coral reefs in the surrounding waters. It is promoted as a "diving and snorkeling paradise".[1] The island is reached by ferry from Marang.[3] Kapas is the location where most of the research on the enigmatic Amphidromus snails is carried out (unlike all other snails, Amphidromus are amphidromine: they usually exist of clockwise and anticlockwise individuals).[4]
Unlike most other islands that are protected and gazetted as marine parks by the Department of Fisheries, Kapas Island is zoned 1 nautical mile (1.9 km) from the shore at lowest tide.[5][6][7]
| Island | Area (km2) |
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| Kapas | 1.501 |
| Gemia | 0.073 |
| Total | 1.574 |
