Bangkei, the middle island of the three and the smallest, is conspicuous from the sea, having a high sandy beach, with a tuft of trees near the center. It is located on the outer detached reef which lies off Eumo Point, the NE point of Telok Kiowa, a deep cove in the S part of Teluk Enggano.
A 3.2m patch lies about 0.5 mile NE of Bangkei and a 3.7m patch lies about 0.2 mile N of Bangkei.
Pulau Dua is inhabited and covered with trees; except for a small opening on the W side, it is surrounded by a coral reef of considerable extent, partly dry at LW, but having depths of 7.3 to 18.3m close-to.
Teluk Enggano (Engano Bay), the principal anchorage, is on the E side of the island, and has in its entrance three small islands surrounded by reefs, which always break heavily.
Off Tg Manna during the E Monsson period, heavy rollers get up in 7.3m, and a break may occur in depths of 5.5m after the sea breeze sets in, thus preventing any communication with the shore. It is therefore not a desirable anchorage.
Ujung Genting, a round bluff headland covered with high trees, is discernible in Bengkulu Road and lies about 3 miles SSE of Ujung Teluk Punggur. From Ujung Genting, the coast of Sumatera extends in a SE direction for a distance of 183 miles to Vlakke Hoek, at the N side of the entrance ...
Teluk Pulaubaai is located 8 miles SE of Bengkula. The bay is completely separated from the sea by a tongue of land, making it an excellent anchorage for shipping. The middle of the harbor has a dredged depth of 10m. The dredged channel opening out to the sea has a depth of 10m, ...
Pulau Pisang, quartz rock, 41m high and densely overgrown with coconut palms, is almost 1 mile in extent and lies about 11 miles SE of Teluk Pugung and I mile offshore; the intermediate coast is steep-to. It is surrounded by a narrow coastal reef with deep water about 0.2 mile ...