Mount Jerai

Mount Jerai (Malay: Gunung Jerai), formerly Kedah Peak, is a mountain in Kedah, Malaysia with the height of 3,993 feet (1,217 m). Within Kedah itself, the mountain stands at the border of Kuala Muda and Yan districts.

Mount Jerai
Mount Jerai, seen from the Strait of Malacca on a ferry between Penang and Langkawi
Highest point
Elevation1,217 m (3,993 ft)
Prominence1,184 m (3,885 ft)
ListingRibu
Naming
Native nameGunung Jerai (Malay)
Geography
Mount Jerai is located in Malaysia
Mount Jerai
Mount Jerai
Location in Malaysia
LocationKuala Muda and Yan Districts, Kedah
Country Malaysia
State Kedah
Geology
Mountain typeInselberg
Climbing
First ascentlocal Kedahans
A height map of Penang and southern Kedah, with Jerai being the isolated greenish triangle near the coast

Mount Jerai is known as the Hausberg of the town of Sungai Petani, the district capital of Kuala Muda.

Geology

Mount Jerai is a 1,217- metre tall inselberg located near the coast of the Strait of Malacca, and is part of an eponymous geological formation that correlates with the Machinchang Formation in the island of Langkawi. The Jerai Formation is originally a sedimentary formation composed of fully metamorphosed sandstone and shale, and it consists of argillite, arenite and porphyry facies.[1]

Insular origins

There is an information board on top of the mountain stating that it used to be an island called Pulai Serai before the sea levels receded letting it form a mountain. This is probably supported by I Ching's record of Pu Lou Shi (Pulau Sri), a country located west of Sribogha.[2]

Tourism
A resort on Jerai summit
Jerai Hill Resort
View of Yan side. The paddy fields and the coast of Strait of Malacca are barely visible due to hazy conditions.

The summit of Jerai has been developed into a hill resort, and from there tourists can get to enjoy a wide angle view of the surrounding areas, including Penang Island and the rice fields of Yan District.

See also

References
  1. Bradford, E.F., Geology and Mineral Sources of Gunung Jerai Area, Kedah. Geological Survey District Memoir 13, Geological Survey Malaysia, 1972.
  2. i-Tsing (2005). A Record of the Buddhist Religion as Practiced in India and the Malay ... - I-Tsing - Google Books. ISBN 9788120616226. Retrieved 15 April 2016.

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