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Mount Lawit (Terengganu)

mountain in Malaysia; GeoNames ID = 1734324

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ31762068 ↗
Source-derived summary

Mount Lawit (Malay: Gunung Lawit) is a mountain in Terengganu, Malaysia and has an elevation of 1,519 metres, which makes it the highest mountain in the state. Mount Lawit is situated northeast of Gunong Batil, and northwest of Sungai Susu Dara. Both locations are located in Besut District.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Mount Lawit (Terengganu)” as mountain in Malaysia; GeoNames ID = 1734324. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Mount, Lawit and Terengganu.

Editorial reviewA strong orientation record where physical form, institutional use and historical geography need to be read together. The current 48-word lead offers orientation but no explicit four-digit date, so chronology should not be assumed. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Mount, Lawit and Terengganu providing the first useful test.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Mount Lawit (Terengganu)”, the useful work is to connect “mountain in Malaysia; GeoNames ID = 1734324” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Aug 15, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q31762068. Authority coordinates are 5.425, 102.590. None of the 3 selected statements returned an explicit reference.

Critical limits

Architectural summaries often privilege surviving fabric and can understate demolished phases, contested use or displaced communities. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

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  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
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Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Mount Lawit (Terengganu)”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Mount Lawit (Terengganu) primary sources, Mount Lawit (Terengganu) archive and Mount research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Mount Lawit (Terengganu)”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Mount Lawit (Terengganu)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.