Pulau Mesanak (Indonesia)

Pulau Mesanak (Indonesia)

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Pulau Mesanak (Indonesia)
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Description

Pulau Mesanak, located 7 miles N of the N end of Pulau Sebangka, has the form of an elbow, of which the long arm extends 4.5 miles in a N and S direction, and the short arm 3 miles E and W. Ridges of hills extend the whole length of both arms, the highest point, 107m high, being where the arms meet.
On the E side of Pulau Mesanak, the coastal reef extends for a distance of 0.7 mile; close to the rocky E point, and connected to it, is Koejoe Island, small but moderately high.

Two rocks which cover at HW lie nearly 0.5 mile off the N side of the island and about 1 mile E of Observation Point, the NW extremity of the island.

Patches of 6.9m lies about 0.1 mile NW of the above-mentioned rocks and about 0.2 mile N of Observation Point.

West of the island, foul ground extends W of Merodong Is land and other islands.

Pulau Mesanak forms the S side of the entrance to Selat Merodong, and the W side of approach to Selat Riau.

2012/02/11
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Merodong group (Indonesia)

5.3nm
257°
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.
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Selanga Islets and Alor Islands (Indonesia)

16nm
291°
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
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Pulau Cempah - Pulau Laut (Indonesia)

20nm
222°
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
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Pulau Telan (Indonesia)

20nm
14°
Pulau Telan (Telang), the SW point of which forms the SE limit of Selat Riau, is irregularly shaped and nearly 5 miles long, NE and SW, and about 1 mile wide.
It is divided into two parts and may be identified by a square hillock on its S end, 63m high, which, with a sharper peak ...
26 Feb 12
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Pulau Nyamok (Indonesia)

3.2nm
160°
Pulau Nyamok (Njamok), 56m high, and lying about 2 miles SE of the S end of Pulau Mesanak, is surrounded by a reef which extends about 1 mile NE, with drying rocks, and is generally breaking.
In the channel between Pulau Nyamok and Pulau Mesanak, there is a sandy islet with some ...
10 Feb 12
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Pulau Karas Besar and Karas Kecil (Indonesia)

23nm
329°
Pulau Karas Br, lying about 4 miles N of Korek Rapat, is 3.5 miles long and about 0.7 mile wide; it is hilly, with a flat summit, wooded, and has a reef encircling it extending in places for a distance of 0.25 mile.Pulau Karas-Ketjil (Karas-Kecil), an island marking the SW end of ...
14 Feb 12
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