Lingga Island is the largest and most populated of the Lingga Islands. It has an area of 889 km² and is located south of the Riau Islands off the east coast of Sumatra. It is 4 miles N of pulau Singkep and has a NW and SE direction. It largely consists of alluvial flats.
The NE coast of Pulau Lingga is formed of numerous hillocks, from 61 to 91m high, which gives it a uniform appearance, but neither it nor the adjacent islets are safe to approach at night. The hills near the N end of the island are 202m and 226m high.
The W coast of Pulau Lingga trends N about 4 miles from Tanjung Labuandadong to Pulau Pulon. The latter point is very conspicuous, and from it the coast trends NNE for 12 miles to Selat Dasi.
Pulau Kongka-besar (Kongka Besar) lies about 4 miles NW of Pulau Bujang and is hilly throughout its length, with some remarkable peaks; the E coast is rocky and steep-to. A drying rock lies about 2 miles W of the NW point of the island. Kongka Kecil (Ketjil), 116m high, close W ...
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 ...
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 Kentar, located 1.5 miles E of Tanjung Gantong, the SE point of Pulau Sebangka, is hilly, the highest point near its SE point being 120m high. When coming from the N and before the adjacent islands to the S are visible, this high point resembles the hill on the SE end of ...
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 ...
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 ...
Lingga Island is the largest and most populated of the Lingga Islands. It has an area of 889 km² and is located south of the Riau Islands off the east coast of Sumatra. It is 4 miles N of pulau Singkep and has a NW and SE direction. It largely consists of alluvial flats.