The internationally famous island of Sipadan lies five degrees north of the equator in the Sulawesi Sea (Celebes Sea). Lying 35km south of Semporna, on Sabah's mainland, like many tropical islands it is thickly forested and sorrounded by sandy beaches. Sipadan is an oceanic island and was formed by living corals growing on top of an extinct undersea volcano , which rises 600m from the seabed (Source: Sabah tourism)
Credit to my colleague Lynn Venus Kinjawan for pictures below. She's such a amazing photographer.