The Bintang Mountains ( Malay: ''Banjaran Bintang'') is a

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, part of the

Tenasserim Hills The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range (, ; , , ; ) is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system in Southeast Asia. Despite their relatively scant altitude these mo ...

, that encompasses the states of

Kedah Kedah (), also known by its honorific Darul Aman (Islam), Aman (دار الأمان; Arabic for 'The Safe Abode') and historically as Queda, is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia, located in the northwestern part of ...

and

Perak Perak (; Perak Malay: ''Peghok'') is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia on the west coast of the Malay Peninsula. Perak has land borders with the Malaysian states of Kedah to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kel ...

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. It runs from the province of Yala,

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in the north, straddling along the Kedah–Perak border and ends in the south near

Beruas Beruas (alternative spelling: Bruas) is a small town and mukim in Manjung District, Perak, Malaysia. Name Beruas is named for a local mangosteen-like tree, '' Garcinia hombroniana'', the "seashore mangosteen", called in the local Malay dial ...

Manjung District The Manjung District, formerly known as Dindings, is a district in the south-western part of the state of Perak, Malaysia. It is the 26th-most populated district in Malaysia. It is administered by the Manjung Municipal Council (), formerly kn ...

, western

. Within Perak, the mountain range forms a natural boundary between the districts of

Kuala Kangsar Kuala Kangsar (Perak Malay: ) is the royal town of Perak, Malaysia. It is located at the downstream of Kangsar River where it joins the Perak River, approximately northwest of Ipoh, Perak's capital, and southeast of George Town, Penang, Ge ...

and

Hulu Perak Hulu Perak District () is a district in Perak, Malaysia. It is the largest district in Perak. In the east of the district it borders the districts of Jeli and Gua Musang in Kelantan, to the west it borders Baling and Kulim Districts of Kedah, t ...

in the east and

Larut, Matang and Selama The Larut, Matang and Selama District is a district of Perak, Malaysia. Taiping is the capital town of this district. Larut, Matang and Selama used to be three small different districts and they merged into one larger district later. Larut, Ma ...

in the west. It borders the

Titiwangsa Mountains The Titiwangsa Mountains ( Malay: ''Banjaran Titiwangsa'', ), also known as ''Banjaran Besar'' (lit. 'main range') by locals, is the chain of mountains that forms the backbone of the Malay Peninsula. The northern section of the range is in sout ...

Peninsular Malaysia Peninsular Malaysia, historically known as Malaya and also known as West Malaysia or the Malaysian Peninsula, is the western part of Malaysia that comprises the southern part of the Malay Peninsula on Mainland Southeast Asia and the list of isla ...

's chief mountain range, to its east. The range

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the basins of

Kerian The Kerian District (alternately Krian) is an administrative district in Perak, Malaysia. It covers the northwestern corner of Perak, bordering the states of Penang and Kedah to the north; the main town of Parit Buntar is located a mere southeast ...

and Perak Rivers in the west and east respectively.

Mount Bintang Mount Bintang () is a mountain on the border of the states of Kedah and Perak in the Bintang Mountains, Malaysia, specifically on the quadripoint between the districts of Kulim, Baling, Larut, Matang and Selama and Hulu Perak. Its summit is abov ...

, the range's namesake, is the highest peak at 1,882 m (6,174 ft) above sea level. Several of other prominent peaks that are part of the range are Bukit Bokbak (1,199 m ,933 ft, Gunung Inas (1,801 m ,909 ft, Gunung Bubu (1,657 m) and Gunung Ulu Jernih (1,577 m ,174 ft.

Tourist attractions

In the vicinity of Taiping,

Bukit Larut Bukit Larut is a hill resort in Malaysia located in the state of Perak, Malaysia, 10 kilometres southwest from Taiping. It was established under the direction of British colonists in 1884 as a place of observation for tin mining activity and as ...

, formerly Maxwell Hill, is a famous hill resort nestled on the western slopes of the mountain range.

References

Mountain ranges of Malaysia Mountains of Perak Tenasserim Hills {{Perak-geo-stub

Tourist attractions

See also

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