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{{Infobox mountain
| name = Mount Alab
| native_name ={{native name list|tag1=ms|name1=Gunung Alab|tag2=dtp|name2=Nulu Alab}}
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| listing = ''[[Ribu]]''
| coordinates = {{coord|5|49|N|116|22|E|type:mountain_region:MY|display=inline,title}}
| location = [[West Coast Division|West Coast]]-[[Interior Division|Interior]] divisional border, [[Sabah]]
| range = [[Crocker Mountains]]
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'''Mount Alab''' ({{lang-ms|Gunung Alab}}, [[Dusun language|Dusun:]] ''Nulu Alab'') is a mountain located at the [[West Coast Division|West Coast]] as well as the [[Interior Division|Interior]] divisions of [[Sabah]], [[Malaysia]]. The mountain is located approximately {{cvt|30|km}} from Sabah's capital of [[Kota Kinabalu]], where it can be highly visible from the city on a clear sky and easily recognisable with the presence of [[telecommunications tower]] near its peak, approximately at {{coord|5|49|47|N|116|20|30|E}}.<ref name="Mount Alab characteristics">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.sabah.gov.my/htan_caims/Level%202%20frame%20pgs/Class%206%20Frames/crocker_range_fr.htm|title=Class VI Virgin Jungle Reserve (VJR) [Infrastructure]|publisher=[[Government of Sabah]]|date=2 April 2005|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref> With a height of {{convert|1951|m|ft|0}},<ref name="Mount Alab characteristics"/><ref name="Mount Alab geology">{{cite journal|url=http://wwwsst.ums.edu.my/data/file/YxSjm10h1985.pdf|title=Geomorphology of Gunung Alab, Tambunan and Keningau|author1=Majeed M. Faisal|author2=Edward Voo Lok Zan|author3=Sanudin Tahir|author4=Baba Musta|journal=Borneo Science|via=[[Universiti Malaysia Sabah]]|year=1999|page=19 [3/20]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190709065526/http://wwwsst.ums.edu.my/data/file/YxSjm10h1985.pdf|archive-date=9 July 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> it is the highest mountain within the [[Crocker Range]] in Sabah outside the protected park area and lies to the south of the highest peak on [[Borneo]] island, the [[Mount Kinabalu]].<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/crocker-range-iba-malaysia/text|title=Crocker Range [Data Zone MY020]|publisher=[[BirdLife International]]|year=2003|access-date=5 July 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sabahparks.org.my/index.php/the-parks/crocker-range-park|title=Introduction to Crocker Range Park|publisher=[[Sabah Parks]]|access-date=5 July 2019|quote=The Park lies within 8 districts with elevation ranging between 100m to 2050m at the peak of Mt. Alab.}}</ref>
== Geology ==
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