{{Short description|Island in Malaysia}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2017}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2017}} {{Infobox islands | name = Mataking Island | image_name =Mataking Island Sabah.jpg | image_caption =View from Mataking Island | coordinates = {{coord|4|34|34|N|118|56|56|E|region:MY|display=inline,title}} | map = | country = {{flag|Malaysia}} | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Sabah}} | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = Division | country_admin_divisions_1 = Tawau | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = District | country_admin_divisions_2 = Semporna | population_as_of = | population = | elevation_m = }}
'''Mataking Island''' ({{langx|ms|Pulau Mataking}}) is a Malaysian island located in the Celebes Sea on the state of Sabah.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahtourism.com/sabah-malaysian-borneo/en/destination/38-mataking-island/|title=Mataking Island (Semporna)|publisher=Sabah Tourism|accessdate=14 September 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130919004234/http://www.sabahtourism.com/sabah-malaysian-borneo/en/destination/38-mataking-island/|archive-date=19 September 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> Mataking Island is home to the first 'Underwater Post Office' in Malaysia and is connected to Pulau Mataking Kecil (Small Mataking Island) via a narrow sand bank.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pulaumabul.com/mataking-island/|title=Mataking Island |publisher=PulauMabul.com|accessdate=2 January 2016}}</ref> Mataking Island is a private island belonging to the Reef Dive Resort featuring luxury chalets and a dive center serving divers visiting Sipadan.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sipadan.com/Mataking-Resort.php|title=Mataking |publisher=Sipadan.com|accessdate=24 September 2016}}</ref>
==See also== * List of islands of Malaysia
== References == <references/>
== External links == * [http://www.mataking.com/ Mataking Island Official Website] * {{wikivoyage-inline|Mataking}}
{{Islands of Sabah}}
Category:Islands of Sabah Category:Private islands of Malaysia Category:Underwater diving sites in Malaysia
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