Pulau Selentang, called “Pulo Semat” by the natives, is a sandy islet 24m high and covered with high trees. Pulau Selentang lies about 11 miles N of Tanjung Jang. It is surrounded by a reef which extends as much as 0.75 mile from its N side. Two rocks, with depths of 1.2 and 2.7m, lie, respectively, about 0.3 mile and 183m S of the islet.
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 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 ...
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 ...
Maras Rocks, two wooded rocks, lie about 1 mile SE of Pulau Kongka-besar, with a narrow channel between and a depth of 11m. Midway between Maras Rocks and Tjawan Reef, to the SE, there is a reef with rocks above HW.
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.
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 Selentang, called “Pulo Semat” by the natives, is a sandy islet 24m high and covered with high trees. Pulau Selentang lies about 11 miles N of Tanjung Jang.