Pulau-pulau Tuju (Tudju Eilanden) lie in the NE approach to Selat Bangka, in a position about 20 miles from the N coast of Bangka. These islands are generally visible at a distance of about 25 miles and are surrounded by reefs. Many shoals in the area are not marked by discoloration.
Pulau Saya, located about 30 miles NW of Pulau-pulau Tuju, is steep-to, of granite formation, covered with wood, and has a double-peaked 210m high summit; the N peak is about 18.3m less in elevation than the S one, and both peaks are in range on a 180° and opposite bearing. A ...
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 ...
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.
Tanjung Jabung (Djaboong), the SW limit of the Inner Route (N Singapore Strait from Selat Bangka via Selat Berhala and Selat Durian), is conspicious and partly overgrown with trees. Like most other parts of the Eastern coast of Sumatera, it is low land and is fronted by a mud bank ...
Pulau Berhala is a rocky island largely covered with high trees. Two bare peaks, each 91m high, rise on the W side of the island; the island is inhabited. It lies in the middle of Selat Berhala, nearly between Tanjung Jabung and Tanjung Buku, the SW end of Pulau Singkep. Except on ...
Between Tg Goroh and Tg Jang is a shallow bay. On the W side of the entrance of the bay is pulau Kokau, a small hilly islet, and 0,3 NM S of the islet is Batu Maresoh, a rock just above HW.Pulau Sunsa, about 0.5 mile S of Tanjung Jang, has a hill 99m high; a small wooded rock lies ...