Pulau Merapas is the outer and E island off the E side of Pulau Bintan. It is 63m high, covered with trees, and steep-to 0.3 mile offshore.
Pulau Mapor (Pulau Mapur) lies with its S extremity about 10 miles N of Pulau Beruan. A prominent 107m high hill stands on the NW point of the island.
Pulau Sentut (Sentoet), 44m high and of sugarloaf form, lies about 2 miles NW of the NE end of Pulau Mapor. It is steep-to on the N side, but a reef extends about 0.5 mile from its S end.
Pulau Telan (Telang), the SW point of which forms the SE limit of Selat Riau, is irregularly shaped and nearly 5 miles long, NE and SW, and about 1 mile wide. It is divided into two parts and may be identified by a square hillock on its S end, 63m high, which, with a sharper peak ...
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 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 Karas Br, lying about 4 miles N of Korek Rapat, is 3.5 miles long and about 0.7 mile wide; it is hilly, with a flat summit, wooded, and has a reef encircling it extending in places for a distance of 0.25 mile.Pulau Karas-Ketjil (Karas-Kecil), an island marking the SW end of ...
The Selanga Islets, three in number, lying on the SE of Selat Pengelap, are small but elevated and conspicuous; the S islet is 35m high. With an opposing wind and current, a troublesome sea may arise in this area.The Pangelap group of islands separates Selat Pangelap from Selat Abang. ...
Pulau Dompak, 4 miles long and about 2 miles wide, is separated from the W coast of Pulau Bintan by Selat Dompak (Dompak Strait), a narrow channel only available to boats.The land in the vicinity of the channel is quite hilly and surrounded with tall trees, as opposed to low land ...
Pulau Merapas is the outer and E island off the E side of Pulau Bintan. It is 63m high, covered with trees, and steep-to 0.3 mile offshore.