What are the second name of Borneo and some other of its unique marks?
Although the name
Borneo is more commonly known worldwide (it may derive from the Sanskrit word váruṇa meaning either ‘water’ or Varuna, the Hindu god of rain), on some maps the island
can be found under the name of Kalimantan.
Kalimantan is the Indonesian name and in Indonesia this word refers to the whole island.
Some countries use ‘Kalimantan’ to indicate the Indonesian portion of the island (73% of its area).
The word Kalimantan or Klemantan was derived from the Sanskrit word Kalamanthana, meaning "burning weather" possibly to describe its hot and humid tropical weather.
It’s the only Island in the world that is divided between three countries: Indonesia , Brunei and Malaysia .
The highest peak of Borneo named
Mount Kinabalu towers 4,095 m (13,435 feet), is the third-highest peak of an island on Earth, and the 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence.
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