Anthropogenic Diversity

Pulau Burong

📍 Melaka Tengah

An island rich in reddish-brown laterite, heavily weathered and dissolved, forming eroded and porous rock.

Pulau Burong is an island rich in laterite rock. The laterite found here is reddish-brown in colour and has undergone intense dissolution and oxidation. This high degree of weathering and dissolution has caused the laterite here to become eroded, perforated and porous.

Geological Classification

Rock Type
Laterit
Physical Features
Batuan, Landskap

Location

Melaka Tengah

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Activities

beach photography

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