Southeast Asia's highest peak

Southeast Asia's highest peak

KUALA LUMPUR (AP): Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad proclaimed Sunday the new height for Mount Kinabalu, Southeast Asia's highest peak, was 4,095.2 meters above sea level.

That's 5.8 meters lower than the previously measured height, the national news agency Bernama reported from Kota Kinabalu on the island of Borneo, near the mountain.

"I proclaim that Low's Peak is the highest point of Mount Kinabalu at 4,095.2 meters," he said at a dinner.

The new height was established with the use of satellites during a June expedition. The mountain was first listed at 4,101 meters in 1910 by Learmont's British expedition, which used older methods, such as a ship's sextant.