The columnar basalt at Balung River of Tawau is the only one in Malaysia! This place is called "Batu Bersusun" which means neatly arranged rocks. These columnar joints were formed during the cooling process of hot lava about 27,000 years ago. The lava was coming from the volcanic eruption of Mount Maria. Basalt columns are natural pillars made of hardened lava. The columnar basalt, of pentagonal and hexagonal columns appears to be of about the same size and uniformly arranged. Most of the column

Granite vs. Basalt Formation