Tanjong Tohor, a low point covered with jungle growth, is located about 13 miles SE of Muar. A 17.5m shoal lies near the main fairway about 11 miles Wof Tanjong Tohor.
Between Melaka and Tanjong Seginting, about 46 miles SE, the low, thickly wooded coast is bordered by a mud bank which extends up to 2.5 miles offshore in places. The Water Islands, centered about 8 miles SE of Melaka, consists of a group of six tree-covered islands of moderate ...
Bukit Banang, 470m high, is the summit of a range of rolling hills which terminates at Tanjong Seginting. Four radio masts stand on its summit. Several bright white lights, visible for a considerable distance, are sometimes shown near the radio masts. A light is reported to ...
The Sungai Batu Pahat, SE of Muar, is fronted by a shallow flat which, extends up to 3 miles offshore. A depth of 0.3m exists on this flat near the river entrance at LW. Within the entrance there are depths of 2.5 to 5m as far as the town of Batu Pahat (Bandar Penggaram), about ...
Clark Bank consists of two narrow ridges, about 2 miles apart, extending in a NW to SE direction, which lies about 4 miles SE of Vowler Bank. Depths over these ridges range from 15.5 to 18.5m. Between these banks and the shoals extending from the coast of Sumatera there is a deep ...
Vowler Bank, with depths of less than 20m, lies with its NW end about 5 miles SE of the 2.4m depth on Rob Roy Bank. A 9.1m patch lies near the NW end of the bank and a similar depth lies s about 3 miles SE.
Baker Patch, with a depth of 8.8m, lies on the NW extension of Formosa Bank. Between these banks and the coastal bank there is a deep clear channel.
