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.WJPSTEBN AEPROACHES TO BATAlVIA. [chae. v.
KombuiS, (Lantyang)! islands.—These. low.islaiids,uthiree in
number, are covered with bushes and low trees, and separate. Inner and
Outer channels.,, The t^yo., vyestpfn islands .a,re koown as Great. ICpmbuis
they are 1^; cables apart, and stand on a, reef whjch extends ,nprth-eastward
,an,d. southward of the smaller island a distance of ,3 to 4 cables. Trees are
growing on some , dry, patches on the,, nprthr^a^tern pact qf this, reef. ' The
western and l£|.rgest island is about three-quarters of, a mile .in extent. ,
. f^everal
shoal patches lie between Great Kombuis ai^d Pedynab reef;
Tykara reef, of 2^ fathoms, lies 2 cables off the north-cBstiside of Kombuis
,reef; and-E^st reefe with 4,f{ithom3 least water, lie from 4 tp .6 cables
south-eastward of that reef,
. Light.—From
an. iron support on thp north side of Great Kombuis,
and near the west extreme, is exhibited at an elevatioji of 40 feet, 2, fixed
white light which should be visible from a distance of 10 iniles.
Little Kombuis island (Pulo Bokor) is about 3 cables in ex-
tent, low and covez'ed, with trees, and encircled by a reef which in places ex-
tends to the distance of %\ cables. . It lies 2\ miles eastward of Great Kombuis.
Hordyk and Tiga reefs.— Southward of Kombuis islands are
several small coral patches. Hordyk reef, the western of these,, lies labput
one mile S.E, from the eastern island ,of Great Kombuis. Tiga reef
of 34 fathoms, lies about 1^ miles S.E. by E. from Hordyk reef.
Lumbang reef of if fathoms, ligs between Hordyk and Tiga reefs,
at about 8 cables south-westward of Little Kombuis., At 3 cables north-
ward of Lumbang there is a patch of 3 fathoms. Pari patches of 4| and
44; fathoms, lie north-eastward of Tiga reef.
MeindertS Sboal, of if fathoms, is l^ cables in extent, and lies
midway between Tiga reef and Middleburg island. ,
Ketapang reef, a small patch of 2| fathoms, lies S.E. by E. about
one mile from Meinderts shoal. Sonko reef, of 4J fathoms, lies 2 cables
southward of Ketapang. Between Middleburgh island and Meinderts and
Ketapang reefs are many isolated patches.
Buoys.—Black beacon buoys mark the south sides of Hordyk, Tiga,
Meinderts and Ketapang reefs, also the south-west extreme of the shoal
extending from Middleburg island ; a black beacon with cone marks the
shoal extending south-eastward from that island.
Middleburg island is low, uninhabited, covered with ta-U trees,
amd encircled by a coral reef. Between the black buoy marking the south-
west edge of the reef, and the white buoy off Untung Java reef, the Inner
channel is but 3 cables in breadth. This is the turning point into Batavia
road. Westward and northward of Middleburg island, some of the dangers
are marked by beacons or buoys, but as the patches are numerous, the
chart will afford more information than a written description of what may
be considered unnavigable waters.
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