Pulau Bakau, lying about 1 mile N of Pulau Kentar, is surrounded by a reef; Tjandur and Beringin, two small islets, are located on the reef about 1 mile N of Bakau.
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 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 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 ...
Pulau Bakau, lying about 1 mile N of Pulau Kentar, is surrounded by a reef; Tjandur and Beringin, two small islets, are located on the reef about 1 mile N of Bakau.