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126 SIXaAPORE STRAIT.—EASTERN PART. [ohap. n.
should not go ; but those drawing not more than 18 or 20 feet may go a
cable or so farther in, and have 4 or 5 fathoms.
EASTEElSr PAET OP SINGAPORE STRAIT.
SOUTH SHORE.— This pai-t of Singapore strait eastward of the
Sambo islands, is formed by Pulo Battam, an island of considerable size
lying on the west side of Rhio strait, and by the larger island Pulo Bentan
on the east side of Rhio strait.*
BATTAM BAY lies close eastward of S3.mbo island, and is 7^
miles wide, and 2 miles deep, being bounded to, the westward by the two
Sambo islands, and to the eastward by the peninsula of which Sikwang
point is the north-west extreme.
Tanjong Pingi, the north-west point of Battam bay, lies about 1^ miles
south-eastward of Pulo Sambo ; a reef extends from the point to the
distance of half a cable.
The soundings in the outer part of the bay vary from 10 to 20 fathoms
but close to the reefs extending from the shores, are depths of 6 to 8
fathoms, so caution is necessary in approaching them.
Three rivers fall into the bay ; the Mentaru, Ladi, and Jodu, the two
latter are separated by Tanjong Oma, a strip of land three-quarters of a
mile wide, having a hill near the point.
Pulo DRUgaS is an islet on the south shore of Battam bay, close to
a projecting point situated 1;^ miles east of Tanjong Pingi. The bay
between this islet and Pulo Bokok, is free from danger, and the shore reefs
extend off but a short distance ; vessels may therefore safely anchor there
in about 5 fathoms water. The bay westward of Pulo Dangas is filled
with coral, which extends about a quarter of a mile from that island in a
north-westerly direction ;
thence nearly straight to Tanjong Pingi.
Pulo Bokok, or Mangrove island, 4 cables in diameter, lies
about that distance off Tanjong Liengsi, on the southern shore of the bay,
and 1| miles east of Pulo Dangas ; it is encompassed by the coral reef
projecting from the shore, and which extends about IJ cables beyond it.
Jodu bay
is the name of the anchorage off the two small rivers Jodu
and Lapi, in the depth of Battam bay. It lies between Pulo Bokok and
two small reefs dry at low water, which lie off the entrance of Sungi Jodu,
a third of a cable outside the shore reef which fringes the whole coast line
from Sikwang point to Pulo Bokok, and obstructs the mouths of all the
rivers.
Vessels should enter the bay with the hill over Tanjong Oma bearing
about S.E., and anchor in 5 or 4 fathoms, with Pulo Bokok abeam,
See Admiralty eharte:—Singapore strait, No. 2,403 ; scale, m = 0-66 of an inch.
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