The Sungai Merbok (Merbau River), the entrance to which is formed between the low coast on the N and the hills to the S, is fronted by the coast mud flat, which has depths under 5.5m, and extends nearly 3 miles to seaward. There is a depth of 2m on the bar, with depths of 5m within. ...
Tanjong City Marina based around the century-old Church Street Pier.
Tanjung City Marina is an abandoned marina off Weld Quay within George Town's UNESCO World Heritage Site. Built in the early 2000s by the Malaysian federal government to rejuvenate ...
The Junk Anchorage, just south of the Tanjong City Marina, lies off the
clan jetties (the New, Yeoh, Lee, Tan, Chew and Lim jetties). Diesel
fuel is usually available from a fuel barge nearby. The Junk Anchorage
is exposed to weather from the north and east.
Pinang Harbor is one of Malaysia’s largest ports and handles most of the trade for the cultural, industrial, and agricultural regions of Northern Peninsular Malaysia. The port complex includes facilities on Pulau Pinang at Georgetown and on the mainland at Butterworth and Perai ...
E-Gate anchorage lies , after proceeding south down the Western Channel from the Junk
Anchorage. Anchor offshore from either the E-Gate building (prominent
cupola) or the blue-roofed building housing the Jabatan Laut
headquarters for the northern region of peninsula Malaysia. Be ...
Pulau Bunting is the northernmost in a row of islands off Yan District in Kedah. It is also the only one to be linked to the mainland by a bridge. The Pulau Bunting Bridge, or Jambatan Pulau Bunting connects it to the mainland Kedah.
The Sungai Muda is located about 6 miles S of the Sungai Merbok entrance. It is obstructed by a sandy bar which dries from 0.6 to 1.2m at LW.
