{{Short description|Mountain range in Peninsular Malaysia}} {{Infobox mountain | name = Pantai Timur Range | other_name = ''Banjaran Pantai Timur'' (Malay) | image = Banjaran Pantai timur dari lebuh raya terbiar.jpg | image_caption = The Pantai Timur Range in inland Besut District, Terengganu | country = Malaysia | subdivision1 = {{hlist|Kelantan|Terengganu|Pahang}} | subdivision1_type = States | borders_on = Tahan Range | parent = Tenasserim Hills | geology = | age = | orogeny = | length_km = 253 | length_orientation = NW/SE | width_km = 54 | width_orientation = W/E | highest = Mount Lawit | elevation_m = 1519 | range_coordinates = {{coord|4.9197605|N|102.6789901|E|type:mountain_region:TH-95|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | coordinates = | map = | map_caption = }}
[[File:Banjaran Pantai Timur dari Bukit Besar.jpg|thumb|The Pantai Timur Range as seen from Kuala Terengganu, poor visibility due to haze]]
The '''Pantai Timur Range''' ({{Langx|ms|Banjaran Pantai Timur}}), also known as the '''Terengganu Highlands''' ({{Langx|ms|Tanah Tinggi Terengganu}}), is a mountain range situated in the eastern seaboard of Peninsular Malaysia.<ref>Gin, Ooi Keat. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=YVViEJmN99kC&pg=PR83 The A to Z of Malaysia]''. Ukraine, Scarecrow Press, 2010. lxxxiii.</ref>
==Geography== [[File:West Malaysia relief location map.jpg|312px|thumb|Relief map of Peninsular Malaysia, with the Pantai Timur Range running northwest-southeast along the border between the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Pahang, parallel to the South China Sea coastline]] [[File:Hujan di Jongok Batu.jpg|thumb|The Pantai Timur Range rises over Jongok Batu, Dungun District, Terengganu.]] [[File:Sungai lembing - panoramio.jpg|thumb|Panoramic view of the southern section of the range near Sungai Lembing, Kuantan District, Pahang.]] [[File:G. Lawit dan G. Batil, Hulu Besut.jpg|thumb|Mts. Batil (right) and Lawit (left)]]
The Pantai Timur are a subrange of the wider Tenasserim Hills system, that defines the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. It covers Machang, Gua Musang and Kuala Krai Districts in southeastern Kelantan, the western frontier of Terengganu comprising the districts of Besut, Setiu, Hulu Terengganu, Marang, Dungun and Kemaman; and Jerantut and Kuantan Districts in northeastern Pahang. It has an average height of {{convert|1300|m|ft}} above sea level. The highest elevation is recorded as {{convert|1571|m|ft}} at an unnamed peak located on the Hulu Terengganu-Dungun district line, which is unofficially known as Terengganu Indah Abadi Peak.<ref>[https://www.gunungbagging.com/chemerong-peak/ Gunung Teranu Indah Abadi, gunungbagging.com]</ref> The highest officially named mountain is Mount Lawit in Besut at {{convert|1519|m|ft}} above sea level, of which it remains the ''de facto'' highest peak of the entire mountain range.
The Pantai Timur also forms a watershed for major rivers in the states of Terengganu and Pahang, notably the Terengganu River in the east and the Tembeling River in the west, the latter itself is a right tributary of the Pahang River.
==Protected areas== [[File:Kenyir Lake 2.JPG|299px|thumb|Kenyir Lake, Hulu Terengganu]]
[[File:Air terjun di chemerong.jpg|thumb|Chemerong Falls, Chemerong Amenity Forest, western Dungun]]
Several nature reserves are located within the range, such as the Taman Negara and Kenyir Lake – the largest man made lake in Southeast Asia.
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Category:Mountain ranges of Malaysia