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CHAP. II.] puLO SAMBO.—SALAT SENli. 101
NORTH SHORE.—Between Tanjong Bulus, and Tanjong Gul
(the south-west extreme of Singapore island), a distance of 9 miles in an
E. by N. direction, lies the west entrance of the Old strait or Salat Tebrau,
fronted by a bank having from 6 to 18 feet water, which extends from
Tanjong Bulus,- and terminates in a prong half a mile to the southward of
Tanjong Gul {see page 149).*
Allc]lora>g6.—During the north-east monsoon good anchorage may
be obtained about three-quarters of a mile south of this bank in 9 or 10
fathoms water with Tanjong Bulus bearing West, distant 3 miles.
Sultan shoal, or Trumbu Carimon, situated 8^ miles
E. f S. from Tanjong Bulus, is circular, about two-thirds of a cable in
diameter, and the rocks dry about 2 feet at low-water spring tides. It is
marked by a beacon, painted in red and white stripes, from which Raffle»
lighthouse is just open of the west extremes of Alligator and Barn islands,
S.E. ^ E, 7J mUes. Close to the westward of the beacon are depths of
3 and 4 fathoms, and 7 or 8 fathoms at 2 cables distant, but the east side
of the shoal is steep-to, there being 6 fathoms close to the rocks.
Ajax shoal, lies one mile S.E. by E. \ E. from the Sultan shoal
beacon ; this shoal composed of coral with sharp pinacles, is nearly one
cable in extent iu an E. by N. and W. by S. direction, and has on its.
south-west extremity a depth of 3 fathoms. The water deepens gradually
north-westward of the rock ; but the south and west sides are steep-to.
A buoy, painted red, has been placed on Ajax shoal, with Sultau shoal
beacon bearing N. 58 W., distant \^jg miles.
SALAT S£NK£ (Siuki), by which Singapore New harbour is
approached from the westward, is bounded on either side by reefs, the
edges of which are mai-ked by stone beacons with basket tops. The-
length of the channel is 4 miles, and its breadth at the eastern and
narrowest part is three-quarters of a mile. The depths are very irregular,
generally from 9 to 16 fathoms, but in one place, just to the southward
of the westernmost beacon on the north side, there are 25 fathoms.
The eastern extreme of the channel is about 3 miles to the westward^ of
New harbour.
PulO Saluk, a small islet 90 feet high, lies on the east side of
entrance to Salat Senk^. A coral reef extends nearly half a mile east-
ward of it, but the channel side is nearly eteep-to. Pulo Saluk bears-
E. by S. \ S. from Ajax shoal on the western side of the entrance.
Beacons.—Three of the red stone beacons which mark the south
side of this channel are situated on the northern edge of the large reef
* See Admiralty chart:—Singapore strait Ko. 2,403; aud Singapore Main strait
No. 2,404 ;
scale, nt=l inch.