Sejarah Malaysia perlu ditulis semula: Malaysia MEMPUNYAI gunung berapi.

Bukan sahaja penduduk Tawau tidak mengetahui bahawa Sabah mempunyai gunung berapi tetapi penduduk Malaysia juga tidak mengetahui bahawa Malaysia (Sabah) mempunyai gunung berapi. Tidak ada sesiapa yang mengambil tahu atau peduli dengan Bukit Bombalai kerana gunung berapi ini tidak pernah meletup pada masa kini. Mungkin kerana tidak ada kesedaran mengenai kepentingan ilmu, masyarakat Malaysia tidak mengambil tahu tentang sejarah dan geografi berkenaan Bukit Bombalai. Ada apa dengan Bukit Bombalai? Bukit Bombalai ialah gunung berapi mati. 27,000 tahun yang lampau Bukit Bombalai meletus. Kewujudan gunung berapi Bukit Bombalai menjelaskan kewujudan air panas di Tawau (selain Poring, Ranau). Sama ada Bukit Bombalai benar-benar gunung berapi mati atau pendam, kita tidak akan tahu sehingga kajian mendalam dibuat ke atas Bukit Bombalai. Terdapat gunung berapi yang pendam selama ratusan malahan ribuan tahun sebelum kembali aktif. Gunung berapi Pinatubo di Filipina meletup pada Jun 1991 selepas 500 tahun tidak aktif. Sabah berada di luar Lingkaran Api Pasifik dan kemungkinan magma guung berapi Bukit Bombalai dijana oleh hotspot sebagaimana pulau ICELAND dan Hawaii. Sesuatu yang menarik (mungkin mengerikan) bahawa Sabah mempunyai gunung berapi. Kewujudan gunung berapi di Malaysia ialah satu fakta. Bukit Bombalai ialah gunung berapi di Malaysia. Juga, Ranau tidak mempunyai gunung berapi tetapi kewujudan air panas semulajadi membuktikan bahawa terdapat magma gunung berapi di Ranau. Geografi Malaysia perlu diterokai dan sejarah Malaysia perlu ditulis semula. Malaysian history need to be re-written: Malaysia does HAVE a volcano. Not only do the people of Tawau not know that Sabah has a volcano but Malaysian citizen also did not know that Malaysia (Sabah) has a volcano. No one care or take interest of Bombalai Hill. The reason maybe because the volcano had never erupted in our modern times. And perhaps because theres no awareness about the importance of knowledge, Malaysian citizen dont seem to care to learn the history and geography of Bombalai Hill. What is Bombalai Hill? Bombalai Hill is an extinct volcano. 27.000 years ago it erupted. The presence of Bombalai Hill volcano explains the existence of hot spring in Tawau (the other is Poring, Ranau). Whether Hill Bombalai is an extinct or dormant volcano, we will never know until in-depth study is conducted about Bombalai Hill. Volcano can lain dormant for hundreds, even thousands of years before roaring into life. Mount Pinatubo in Philippines is one example. After 500 years of inactivity, Pinatubo exploded violently in June 1991 and created the second largest eruption of the 20th century. Sabah is located outside the Pacific Ring of Fire and Bombalai Hill maybe powered by hotspot just like ICELAND and Hawaii. An interesting fact (if not terrifying) that Sabah has a

volcano. The existence of a volcano in Malaysia is a fact. Bombalai Hill is a volcano in Malaysia. Also, Ranau has no volcano, but the existence of a hot spring showed that there was volcanic magma in Ranau. Malaysian geography needs to be explored and Malaysian history should be re-written.