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92 MALACCA STRAIT.—MALAY COAST. tcH^v. i.
LIGHT.—On the summit of Pulo Undan, from an octagonal red
tower rising from the centre of a square two storeyed white building, is
exhibited at an elevation of 155 feet above the sea, an occulting light
showing at intervals of ten and twenty seconds, and visible from a distance
of 20 miles in clear weather.
Rob Roy Bank lies on the western side of the main channel through
Malacca strait, and abreast the Water islands. Within a depth of 6 fathoms
the bank is about 6 miles long. The shoalest spot of one fathom on its
eastern end, lies with Pulo Undan lighthouse bearing N.E. by E. \ E.
distant 17^ miles. Shoal heads of 2 to 3 fathoms extend thence about
3 miles in a north-westerly direction, deepening to 6 and &\ fathoms for
a further distance of 2^ miles, and then to 12 and 14 fathoms. On the
north and south sides the bank in nearly steep-to.
The outer edge of an extensive mud bank which skirts the shore of Pulo
Benkalis, approaches within 4 miles of the south side of Eob Koy bank.
A shoal head of 4| fathoms lies 8 miles S.E. by E. | E. from the one-
fathom patch on Rob Roy bank. This head is the centre of a narrow
ridge 6 miles long, having depths of 5 to 8 fathoms. This ridge continues
about 11 miles farther to the south-eastward, with depths of 9 to 15
fathoms.
The COAST between Malacca and Tanjong Seginting near mount
Formosa, a distance of 45 miles, trends south-eastward, forming two bays
it is low, thickly wooded, and skirted by a mud bank which extends in
some places 2\ miles off shore, and in the bight between Water islands and
Moar river to 4 miles from the shore.
Moar river, enters the strait at about 15 miles eastward of Water
islands, and is the eastern boundary of the settlement of Malacca ; the
entrance is narrow, and on account of the shallow flat which extends off
its mouth, is only navigable by small vessels. The river, inside, is deep
and wide.
Bukit Moar is an isolated thickly wooded hill 5 miles south-eastward
of the river entrance, and is visible from Malacca road.
Tanjong Tor is a low projecting point of land, covered with jungle,
at ] miles south-eastward from Moar river, and a useful mark for clearing
Formosa bank.
FORMOSA RIVER, or Sungi Batu Pahat, is fronted by a shallow
flat, extending 3 miles off, and has only a depth of one foot at low water,
near the entrance. The river, insitle, is deep.
Mount Formosa, 1,480 feet high, is the summit of a small range
of undulating hills, which terminate at Tanjong Seginting, and is visible
from a considerable distance. A small island lies within a cable of the
shore, west of the point.
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