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JURU SEBERANG FORMER OFF-SHORE MINE

June 9, 2019

Location: Tanjungpandan sub-district
Accessibility: Around 5 km from Tanjungpandan city center and 22 km or 33 minutes from Hanandjoeddin airport. 

The Juru Seberang geosite is a tin rich-alluvial area that resulted from weathering of Tanjung Pandang granite/ S-type granite mixed with weathering from the metasediment of Kelapakampit Formation. A lamp shell (Lingula Unguis) was found in the area, the animal representing evolution from the Cambrian Period (542 million years ago)

The Juru Seberang geosite is a former offshore tin mining area which is currently focused on rehabilitation of post-mining land, shrimp and crab; this includes grouper fish breeding and climate change mitigation projects, one of them being mangrove tree replantation. This geosite offers white sandy coasts with sea pines (Casuarina equisetifolia), a tracking path along the mangrove forest and traditional fishing attractions. 

Visitors can also watch the sunset at dusk on a six-meter tall viewing tower. A tracking board was installed to explore the Gusong Bugis beach panorama with the sight of Tanjungpandan city. Finally, visitors can experience dining at a miniature ship-themed restaurant as if they were eating out at sea.

TERONG TOURISM VILLAGE

June 9, 2019

Terong v., Sijuk sd., Bd.
Accessibility : Around 29 km or 43 minutes from Hanandjoeddin airport.

Terong tourism village is an environmental conservation geosite consisting of four sub-sites, namely the agro-tourism focused Bebatu, the nature-themed Bukit Tebalu, the creative tourism-based Aik Rusa Berehun and the surrounding mangrove forest.  The geosite is valued as an example of proper ex-mining land management and a good mining activity prevention strategy using community-based tourism activity.

KUALE GRANITE MANGROVE FOREST

June 9, 2019

Location: KualeSijuk v., Sijuk sd., Bd.
Accessibility: about 30 45 minutes from Hanandjoedin airport via National Road.
The Kuala River occurred when the Banda plate, the Argo plate and the Woyla arc were separated from Australia, moving towards Southeast Asia about 145 million years ago. The river trend traced along SW matches those movements.
The site itself is a typical mangrove granite rock where at least 6 species of mangrove trees can be found. During the nineteenth century, this area was known as a trading port connecting the river to the Natuna Sea in the north. This area offers deep breathing mangrove atmosphere. Visitors can walk along 650 meter-long track along the river edge while enjoying the mangrove forest. 
Belitong’s fourth oldest mosque is situated around this river, a signifier of Islam’s presence in Kuale during the final days of the largest and oldest kingdom in Belitong. About 300m northwest is an ancient Konghucu temple built two years earlier than the mosque, the two existing in harmony in Belitong for decades long past.
The weathering of Tanjung Pandan Granite is in the form of quartz sand / alluvial deposits, Quaternary age. Also found were a number of granite blocks from Tanjung Pandan, Triassic, 208 to 245 ma in age.