Selat Sebayur (Sebajoer Strait) (NW Pulau Singkep)

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Selat Sebayur (Sebajoer Strait), between the NW side of Pulau Singkep and the Posik group of islands, is a fairly good but narrow channel, requiring local knowledge or the assistance of a native pilot; it is entered from the S between Tanjung Sebayur and a flat that extends about 4 miles S of Bandahara, on which are some patches that dry.

26/02/2012

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Pulau Alangtiga - Beralas - Muci (W pulau Singkep)

13nm

244°

Pulau Alangtiga, 79m high, lying about 30 miles NW of Pulau Berhala, is the central of a group of three small thickly-wooded islands fringed by reef, and some rocks above-water.
Pulas Beralas, 69m high, lies about 1 mile N of Pulau Alangtiga.
Pulau Muci (Mubi), 81m high, lies ...

26 Feb 12

Pulau Serak and Pulau Pengelap (E Pulau Singplaut)

13nm

180°

Pulau Serak, a low and wooded islet, lies about 7 miles WNW of Tanjung Buku, it is located on a shoal, which, under the depth of 9.1m, extends 2 miles SE, 1 mile N, and about 0.7 mile off either side. Oekol (Pulau Ukol), located about 0.5 mile W of the S end of Pulau Serak, lies on ...

26 Feb 12

Pulau Cempah - Pulau Laut (Indonesia)

34nm

6°

Pulau Cempah (Tjempah) is irregularly shaped, hilly and about 5 miles long and 2 miles wide. It is separated from the NW part of Pulau Bakung and Blandok Besar and Karoti by Selat Cempah (Tjempah Strait, 2 miles wide, which has general depths of about 24m.
Pulau Cempah is fairly ...

27 Feb 12

Merodong group (Indonesia)

49nm

14°

The Merodong group of islands lie to the W of Pulau Mesanak, between it and the Temiang group. The former group comprises six islands, separated by channels unsuitable for navigation and there is no reason in venturing among them or between them and Pulau Mesanak.
Merodong, the ...

10 Feb 12

Tanjung Irat (NW Singkep)

2.3nm

56°

Tanjung Irat, on the E side, is located 5.5 miles N of Tanjung Sebayur. The strait is divided by a long, steep sandbank on the N point of which lie two rocks, named Malang Bang which are only visible at LW; a patch that dries lies on the W elbow of the bank, about midway between the two points.

26 Feb 12

Pulau Rapang (NW Pulau Singkep)

2.6nm

40°

Pulau Rapang, a small islet with a sharp, wooded hill, lies 1 mile NW of Tanjung Irat; near it is the narrowest part of the strait.
A steep-to bank, as defined by the 5m curve, forms the W side of the channel.
It extends about 5 miles SW from Rapang.

27 Feb 12

Selanga Islets and Alor Islands (Indonesia)

55nm

2°

The Selanga Islets, three in number, lying on the SE of Selat Pengelap, are small but elevated and conspicuous; the S islet is 35m high. With an opposing wind and current, a troublesome sea may arise in this area.The Pangelap group of islands separates Selat Pangelap from Selat Abang. ...

29 Feb 12

Pulau Sikeling - Blanding - Lobam (Indonesia)

34nm

356°

Pulau Sikeling, 91m high and about 1 mile long, lies 1 mile S of Pulau Buaya.
Blanding lies about 1 mile NW of Pulau Sikeling; it is the S of three islands located on a reef that extends about 4 miles NW.
Lobam, 84m high, lies on the N part of this reef. Turka lies between Blanding ...

27 Feb 12

Pulau Kepulauan Singkeplaut (SE Pulau Singkeplaut)

21nm

139°

Kepulauan Singkeplaut (Singkep Laoet Islands), lying on a drying reef E of Tanjung Buku and fronting Teluk Baruk, consists of Pulau Keling, Pulau Tengah, Pulau Lalang, and Pulau Singkeplaut, as well as a few abovewater rocks.
A conspicuous tree is reported to stand on Pulau Singkeplaut.

26 Feb 12

Pulau Silenseng and Bunta (NW Pulau Singkep)

10nm

312°

Pulau Silenseng (Pulau Silinseng), nearly 3 miles NW of Rusukbuaya, consists of two islets connected by a reef, dry at LW; it is surrounded by a reef which extends about 0.5 mile from its W side.
A shoal, with a least depth of 7.3m, lies midway between Ruskbuaya and Pulau Silenseng. ...

26 Feb 12

Pulau Bujang and Gojong (E Lingga)

42nm

67°

Pulau Bujang, about 5 miles W of Pulau Selentang, is hilly and wooded, with a peaked hill 111m high near its center; it is steep-to on the NE side but elsewhere is surrounded by a reef which dries. On the SE side, are two wooded rocks.
Tjawan Reef, which dries, lies about 0.5 mile ...

9 Feb 12

Pulau Buaya (Boeaja) (Indonesia)

35nm

357°

Pulau Buaya (Boeaja) lies about 3 miles W of Pulau Cempah; in the channel separating them are several islets which can best be seen on the chart.
Pulau Buaya has the shape of an alligator when seen from the N; it is surrounded by a narrow reef. The summit of the island, located ...

27 Feb 12

Local Area

Pulau Singkep (E Sumatra)

Pulau Singkep is located about 20 miles N of Tanjung Jabung on the Sumatera coast. It is an island in the Lingga Archipelago in Indonesia.
The island, about 20 miles in length and the same in breadth, is much indented on its N and S sides.
It is separated from the E coast of ...

29 Feb 12

Sumatra E coast (Indonesia)

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Sumatra (Indonesia)

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, ...

6 Apr 12

Pulau Posik (NW Pulau Singkep)

Posik is the central and principal island of a group which lies off the NW side of Pulau Singkep, and is separated by Selat Sebayur.
Other islands in the vicinity of Posik include Bandahara, Sempeng, Rusukbuaya (Roesoek Boeaja), Nibung, Pajang, and Noja, as well as smaller islets ...

26 Feb 12

Pulau Serak and Pulau Pengelap (E Pulau Singplaut)

26 Feb 12

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