Kepulauan Lima, lying nearly in the middle of the strait, consists of Yu, Panjang, Buntar, and Lima; they are hilly and wooded. Only Lima is inhabited. About 0.5 mile ENE of Lima is a small, low, stony cay, which is overgrown with brushwood, and is steep-to.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Selat Lima (Lima Strait), between the N side of Pulau Selayar and the S coast of Pulau Lingga, is a deep channel; parts of the shores are steep-to.Pulau Pandan, a wooded mass of ironstone, lies off the W entrance of Selat Lima. Sunken rocks extend about 0.2 mile S and E of the islet; ...
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.
Kepulauan Lima, lying nearly in the middle of the strait, consists of Yu, Panjang, Buntar, and Lima; they are hilly and wooded. Only Lima is inhabited.