Muara Beach
Pantai Muara
Map showing the location of Muara Beach
Map showing the location of Muara Beach
LocationMuara, Serasa, Brunei-Muara
Nearest cityBandar Seri Begawan, Brunei-Muara
Coordinates5°02′16″N 115°04′28″E / 5.0379012°N 115.0745247°E / 5.0379012; 115.0745247
Governing bodyBandar Seri Begawan Municipal Department

Muara Beach (Malay: Pantai Muara) is a beach in Muara, Mukim Serasa, Brunei-Muara District, Brunei.[1][2] The beach used to stretch up to Pelumpong Spit, before they were cut apart in order to make way for easy access to Muara Port in the 1960s.[3][1] The beach is located at an estimated distance of 27 km from Bandar Seri Begawan,[4] and 3 km from Muara Port.[5]

History

On June 10, 1945, an amphibious assault was carried out at Green Beach (code for Muara Beach) during the Battle of Brunei,[6] by the 2/15th and 2/17th Battalions of the Australian Army in then Japan-occupied Brunei.[7] A war memorial was built on the beach in honor of this assault.[8]

The 11 hectare Muara Beach Recreational Park was officially opened in 2006.[9] It consisted of a 1.2 km track, volleyball field, beach football field, camping site and many more.[9] On January 2, 2022, the Taipei Economic and Cultural Office (TECO) organized a beach cleaning campaign.[10]

References

  1. 1 2 Chua, Thia-Eng; Chou, L. M.; Sadorra, Marie Sol M. (1987). The Coastal Environmental Profile of Brunei Darussalam: Resource Assessment and Management Issues. WorldFish. p. 58. ISBN 978-971-10-2237-2.
  2. ↑ Ledesma, Charles de; Lewis, Mark; Savage, Pauline (2003). Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei. Rough Guides. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-84353-094-7.
  3. ↑ "Pelumpong Spit, Muara". Archived from the original on 2007-11-04. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  4. ↑ Thiessen, Tamara (2008). Bradt Travel Guide - Borneo. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-252-1.
  5. ↑ Guides, Rough (2018-06-01). The Rough Guide to Malaysia, Singapore and Brunei (Travel Guide eBook). Apa Publications (UK) Limited. ISBN 978-1-78919-418-0.
  6. ↑ Pacific, United States Army Forces (1947). Engineers of the Southwest Pacific, 1941-45. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 291.
  7. ↑ Coulthard-Clark, Christopher David (1998). Where Australians Fought: The Encyclopaedia of Australia's Battles. Allen & Unwin. p. 252. ISBN 978-1-86448-611-7.
  8. ↑ Planet, Lonely; Albiston, Isabel; Atkinson, Brett; Benchwick, Greg; Bonetto, Cristian; Bush, Austin; Kelly, Robert; Richmond, Simon; Waters, Richard (2016-08-01). Lonely Planet Malaysia Singapore & Brunei. Lonely Planet. ISBN 978-1-76034-162-6.
  9. 1 2 "Department of Environment, Park and Recreation - Muara Recreational Beach". www.env.gov.bn. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
  10. ↑ "50 bags of trash collected at Muara beach clean-up » Borneo Bulletin Online". 50 bags of trash collected at Muara beach clean-up. 2022-01-02. Retrieved 2022-05-28.
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