Cape South


Cape South is a coastal headland located on the southern tip of Kalimantan. It marks part of the southern coastline of South Kalimantan, Indonesia.

Geography

Tanjung Selatan is a cape south of Tanjung Burung on the southern shore of Borneo. The shore between Tanjung Burung and Tanjung Selatan extends for about and is set thick with tall trees. This part of the shore is crossed by several small and shallow rivers. Nearby off the northwest shore from Tanjung Selatan is Pulau Datu some 7 miles north. Pulau Datu is a stony wooded islet rising some above tree top level with a tomb on top. Shoal grounds, as shown by the 5.5 metre contour depth, lie offshore between 3.5 and 8 miles from land and are hazards to navigation. Pinting Belajang, a drying rock, islocated outside this patch of shallow water some 13.25 miles north of Tanjung Selatan. Apart from that, there is also a patch of depth 8.7 metre and about 7.5 miles northwest of Pinting Belajang.
Reef fringing in the Tanjung Selutan area is not well developed due to the region's extensive coastal mud flats, which extend as much as seaward and make the conditions unsuitable for coral growth. Still, reef development occurs offshore of Tanjung Selutan, one of the few coastal points in Central and South Kalimantan where such ecosystems are located. Reef growth conditions improve considerably east of Tanjung Selatan, where more oceanic waters from the Makassar Strait and East Java Sea support better developed fringing reef systems.