Pulau Kenipaan (Kempaan) (E Sumatra)

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Characteristics

Description

Pulau Kempaan (Kenipaan), about 2 miles in length, stands 6 miles ENE of Pulau Belembang and 2 miles W of the N extremity of Pulau Kundur.
The bottom between this island and Pulau Kundur is foul. Above and belowwater rocks lie in Selat Gelam between Pulau Kempaan and Pulau Babi.

31/01/2012

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Flying distances - Direct line

Pulau Karimun Kecil (E Sumatra)

14nm

9°

Karimun Kecil or Little Karimun, separated from the NE side of Great Karimun by a deep channel about 0.5 mile wide, is a bold island, 377m high.
In the NW approach to the channel between Great Karimun and Little Karimun are two islets, Nangoi, 39m high, about 1.2 miles W of the ...

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Pulau Assan and Mudu (E Sumatra)

12nm

348°

Assan and Mudu, rocky and thickly-overgrown islands, 83 and 65m high, respectively, lie about 1.2 miles off the NW side of Great Karimun. Sajuda, an above-water rock, lies 0.5 mile N of Assan and Seal Rock lies about 0.5 mile NE of Sajuda.
Tokong Belanda, a low rock, lies about ...

31 Jan 12

Pulau Tambelas (E Sumatra)

5.2nm

334°

Pulau Tambelas, 80m high, stands about 4 miles NNW of Pulau Kempaan, in the fairway between Selat Gelam and the channels between the islands SW of it.
The island has three peaks and from a distance appears as two islands.

31 Jan 12

Pulau Nipah (E Sumatra)

1.4nm

7°

Pulau Nipah, close N of Pulau Kempaan, is the only uninhabited islet.

31 Jan 12

Pulau Belembang-Burung (E Rangsang-E Sumatra)

6.6nm

249°

Pulau Burung, which stands about 5 miles SE of Tanjung Medangkaluwar, the E extremity of Pulau Rangsang, is high, densely wooded, and fringed by above and below-water rocks.
Pulau Belembang, 1,5 miles N of pulau Burung, is surrounded by above and belowwater rocks. The islet is ...

30 Jan 12

Pulau Babi (E Sumatra)

3.4nm

24°

Pulau Babi, 2.5 miles NNE of Pulau Kempaan, rises to a height of 80m.

31 Jan 12

Pulau Rusah-Turus-Lanjang (E Sumatra)

12nm

192°

Pulau Rusah, a rock topped by tall trees, stands in the fairway of the channel leading W and S of Pulau Kundur into Selat Durian.
Pulau Turus and Batu Lanjang, awash, lie 1 mile and 2.75 miles SSE, respectively, of Pulau Rusah.Between Pulau Turus and Batu Lanjang to the W, and ...

30 Jan 12

Pulau Lalang (Sumatra)

5.8nm

214°

Pulau Lalang, rocky, hilly, and overgrown with brush, stands 3.75 miles SE of Pulau Burung.
It is a small reef-fringed islet surrounded by numerous rocks and shoals within 1 mile N, S, and W its sides.
Detached reefs lie about 1.2 miles E, 1 mile SSE, and 1.5 miles SSE, respectively ...

29 Jan 12

Pulau Burung (Burung-E Sumatra)

31nm

155°

Pulau Burung (Boeroeng), 4 miles NNW of the entrance of the Sungai Kateman, is low, wooded, and separated from the Sumatera coast by a narrow channel. Pulau Burung is a drying bank extends from 1 to 2 miles from the ends of the island.
Kateman Island and Pulau Burung are ...

27 Feb 12

Selat Gelam (Riau-E Sumatra)

6.3nm

51°

Selat Gelam, the passage between the S end of Great Karimun and the N end of Pulau Kondur, is used by local craft trading between Singapore and the islands to the SW.
The passage at its E end is about 3 miles wide but about 6 miles to the W the channel is divided into two channels ...

31 Jan 12

Pongkar beach (E Karimun Besar) (E Sumatra)

11nm

21°

Pongkar beach is a long beach with an area of approximately 100 hectares, with pine trees scattered around the beach area. During the Southwest Monsoon good anchorage can be taken off the E side of Great Karimun, to the SE of Little Karimun, over a bottom of stiff gray mud with ...

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Pulau Lyu Besar and Lyu Kecil (E Sumatra)

17nm

2°

Pulau Iyu Besar and Pulau Iyu Kecil, each 45m high, lie about 3 miles N of Little Karimun.
Pulau Iyu Kecil lies 0.5 mile NE of Pulau Iyu Besar. The islets are known as The Brothers.
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Local Area

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Sumatra (Indonesian: Sumatera) is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands.
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The Indian Ocean is the third largest of the world's oceanic divisions, covering about 20% of the Earth's water surface. It is bounded on the north by Asia (including the Indian subcontinent, after which it is named); on the west by Africa; on the east by Indochina, the Sunda Islands, ...

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