Mount Lambak

'Mount Lambak (Malay: Gunung Lambak meaning Flea Mountain') is an inselberg in Kluang District, Johor, Malaysia. The summit is 510 m above sea level.

Mount Lambak
Gunung Lambak from the west, looking across the southern suburbs of Kluang, 1975
Highest point
Elevation	510 m (1,670 ft)
Naming
Native name	Gunung Lambak
Geography
Mount Lambak Location in Malaysia
Location	Kluang District, Johor
Geology
Mountain type	Inselberg

View from Gunung Lambak looking west, 1975

Gunung Lambak is the Hausberg of Kluang.^[1]

Mount Lambak Recreational Forest

It has been developed as a recreational and tourist attraction called Mount Lambak Recreational Forest. Pathways and wooden bridges make it relatively easy to climb to the summit, and a picnic spot at the base of the mountain has car parking, benches, a small children's playground and toilets.^[2] There is also chalet accommodation, camping facilities and a swimming pool.^[3]

Mammals found on Gunung Lambak include the Long-tailed macaque, Pig-tailed macaque and Dusky leaf monkey.^[4]

Broadcasting mast

The television station RTM completed a transmitter on Gunung Lambak in 1969 to provide good reception in Kluang. It closed in 1983, superseded by a transmitter at Mount Ledang in Tangkak District. The mast still stands at the summit of Gunung Lambak.

See also

• Geography of Malaysia