Mountain range in the east coast of Peninsular Malaysia
The Pantai Timur Range (Malay : Banjaran Pantai Timur ; Jawi : بنجارن ڤنتاي تيمور), also known as the Terengganu Highlands (Malay : Tanah Tinggi Terengganu ; Jawi : تانه تيڠڬي ترڠڬانو), is a mountain range situated in the eastern seaboard of Peninsular Malaysia .[ 1] It is a subrange of the wider Tenasserim Hills system, that defines the backbone of the Malay Peninsula . The Pantai Timur Range covers Machang , Gua Musang and Kuala Krai Districts in southeastern Kelantan , the western frontier of Terengganu , and Jerantut and Kuantan Districts in northeastern Pahang .
Several nature reserves are located within the range, such as the Taman Negara and Kenyir Lake – the largest man made lake in Southeast Asia .
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Relief map of Peninsular Malaysia , with the Pantai Timur Range running northwest-southeast along the border between the states of Kelantan , Terengganu and Pahang , parallel to the South China Sea coastline.
Mountainous landscape at Kenyir Lake , Hulu Terengganu District .