Pulau Merbau, separated from the adjacent islands by Selat Asam and Selat Ringgit, is bordered by a shoal bank on its NE side which extends about 12 miles offshore. The inner part of this bank dries.
Selat Asam, which lies between Pulau Padang to the W and Pulau Merbau and Pulau Tebing Tinggi to the E, has a least width of about 1 mile and a least depth of about 12m in its N approach. The shores are steep-to, except off the N entrance point at its S end where it joins Selat ...
Selat Kungkung is between Merbau bankand Rangsang bank, turn SW of pulau Rangsang and, in turn, leads into Selat Ayerhitam.Several narrow banks lying in a N to S direction, with depths of 1.2 to 5.5m lie in the N part of Selat Kungkung.Selat Kungkung, entered between Pulau Merbau ...
Selat Ringgit, between the SE side of Pulau Merbau and the NW end of Pulau Tebing Tinggi, has a least width of about 46m, and depths are reported to be from about 5 to 12m. Vessels should favor the N side of the fairway at both ends of the strait.
Tanjung Palau Kandar (or tg Sekodi), with the village of Sekodi on it, is the SE extremity of Pulau Bengkalis. A spit, with a depth of 0.5m, extends 0.5 mile S, and a 4.8m depth lies about 1 mile SW of the point. Between the E coast of Pulau Bengkalis and Long Bank, about 29 ...
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 ...
Selat Pandjang has a width of 1.5 to 3.2 miles, except where it is fouled by shoals and islets. The above passages are only used by local vessels and are of little commercial importance. In Selat Lalang and Selat Pandjang the currents turn from 2 to 2.5 hours after HW and LW ...
Pulau Merbau, separated from the adjacent islands by Selat Asam and Selat Ringgit, is bordered by a shoal bank on its NE side which extends about 12 miles offshore.
