Selat Pandjang has a width of 1.5 to 3.2 miles, except where it is fouled by shoals and islets.
The above passages are only used by local vessels and are of little commercial importance.
In Selat Lalang and Selat Pandjang the currents turn from 2 to 2.5 hours after HW and LW along the shore. The SE and E currents have a maximum rate of 3.5 knots, and set along the coast of Sumatera into Sungi Kampar, about 14 miles SE of the E entrance of Selat Pandjang. The W and NW currents have a maximum rate of 4 knots, being stronger near the E end of Selat Pandjang.
Selat Kungkung is between Merbau bankand Rangsang bank, turn SW of pulau Rangsang and, in turn, leads into Selat Ayerhitam.Several narrow banks lying in a N to S direction, with depths of 1.2 to 5.5m lie in the N part of Selat Kungkung.Selat Kungkung, entered between Pulau Merbau ...
Selat Ringgit, between the SE side of Pulau Merbau and the NW end of Pulau Tebing Tinggi, has a least width of about 46m, and depths are reported to be from about 5 to 12m. Vessels should favor the N side of the fairway at both ends of the strait.
Selat Asam, which lies between Pulau Padang to the W and Pulau Merbau and Pulau Tebing Tinggi to the E, has a least width of about 1 mile and a least depth of about 12m in its N approach. The shores are steep-to, except off the N entrance point at its S end where it joins Selat ...
Pulau Rusah, a rock topped by tall trees, stands in the fairway of the channel leading W and S of Pulau Kundur into Selat Durian. Pulau Turus and Batu Lanjang, awash, lie 1 mile and 2.75 miles SSE, respectively, of Pulau Rusah.Between Pulau Turus and Batu Lanjang to the W, and ...
Karimun Kecil or Little Karimun, separated from the NE side of Great Karimun by a deep channel about 0.5 mile wide, is a bold island, 377m high. In the NW approach to the channel between Great Karimun and Little Karimun are two islets, Nangoi, 39m high, about 1.2 miles W of the ...
Pulau Burung, which stands about 5 miles SE of Tanjung Medangkaluwar, the E extremity of Pulau Rangsang, is high, densely wooded, and fringed by above and below-water rocks.
Pulau Belembang, 1,5 miles N of pulau Burung, is surrounded by above and belowwater rocks. The islet is ...
Selat Pandjang has a width of 1.5 to 3.2 miles, except where it is fouled by shoals and islets.