Teluk Melano

Teluk Melano lies on the southwestern coast of Borneo, in a landscape of coastal wetlands and streams descending from the Palung Mountains. The wider Melano and Batang area preserves traces of old settlement near the lands of Tanjungpura and Sukadana. Archaeological sites here include a granite cave bearing red paintings and places where fragments of pottery and imported ceramics have been found. These remains point to a long human presence along a coast bordered by forest and water.