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ciiAp.iii.] PRIAMAN ISLANDS.—PADANG-. 189
PADANG.—Northern approach.—Padang Islands,
seven in number, interspersed with numerous reefs, lie from S to 12 miles
off Padang, and the coast northward of it.*
PulO BandO (Tuju), in .about lat. 0° 46' S., long. 95° 59' E., the
northernmost, is small and encircled by a reef which is steep-to. A coral
bank steep-to, lies N.W. ^ N., 4 miles from Pulo Bando. Other dangerous
reefs lie K.W. distant 11 and 14 miles from the islet.
Pulo Pie (Annam)
lies 9 miles south-east of Pulo Bando, between
which there are a considerable number of shoals having deep water close-to.
Stort reef, having about 3^ fathoms water, is one mile long north and
south, and lies with Pulo Pie bearing E. by E^. f N. distant 7 miles.
Marion reef, with a depth of about 5 fathoms, lies between Pulo
Pie and Stort reef, with the former bearing N.E. by E. | E. distant
5 miles, on which there is a lighthouse.
PxilO Pandang (Ampat) lies S.S.E. | E., 5 miles from Pulo Pie.
It may be approached to a distance of 2 cables. Nearly midway between
the two islands there is an extensive shoal having 2^ fathoms least water.f
Pulo Thoren (Tega) is the southern and largest of the Padang
group, and has a pyramidal stone beacon on it.
Dorothea reef, having 2 fathoms least water, lies nearly midway between
Pulo Pandang and Pulo Thoren, three miles south-east of the former.
Pulo Ayer (Lima), one of the innermost islands, lies East, distant
6;^ miles from Pulo Pie. A reef with 5 fathoms or less, lies midway
between the two islets, at about half a mile northward of a line joining
them. A similar reef lies one mile south-eastward of Pulo Ayer.
Pulo Sibontar (Sato), the easternmost, is small, high, and flat,
distant 4^ miles S.S.E. of Pulo Ayer, and 7 miles west of Apenberg. Its
north-east and east sides are foul to half a mile distant. Karang Sipakal,
a shoal of 5 fathoms or less, lies 2 miles N.E. | E. of Sibontar, with deep
water between.
Pulo Bindalang (Dua),
is a little larger than Sibontar, and lies
2 miles south-west, having a safe passage between them. A shoal, with a
depth of 2 fathoms, lies S.E. f E. 2 miles from Bindalang. A similar shoal
lies nearly 2 miles south-west of this, at 2| miles E. by N". of Pulo Thoren.
Pulo Sauh,
is a small islet 6 miles N.W. of Padang head and 2 miles
oft" shore, with a reef projecting about a quarter of a mile from its south
end. A shoal lies W.S.W. three-quarters of a mile from the islet.
Bellona shoal, with a depth of 5 fathoms or less, lies S.E. by S.
distant 3^ miles from Pulo Thoren, the southern islet of the Padang group.
Between Thoren and Bellona shoal, and S.E. | E. 2 miles from the islet,
there is a rock above water.
* See Admiralty chart :—Padang road, No. 212 ; scale, m = 4* 7 inches,
t See light, page 192.