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CHAP. VI.] COAST OF BANKA. 305
Water.—A stream of fresh water runs close to the north side of this
liill ; the coast between it and Pulo Besar is low and covered with
mangroves, off which there are several ledges of rocks.
BANEA POINT and HILL.—Banka point, situated 12^ miles
N.W. by W. f W. from Labu point, is about 60 feet high. At 1^ miles
northward it rises to Banka hill, which from the south-eastward appears of
similar shape to Panjang hill, but differs in having the highest part on
its western extremity. From the north-westward it shows with a flat top,
having three clumps of trees on its summit, the whole height being
356 feet.
Pulo Besar is nearly connected with Banka point by rocks.
Although its name in Malay signifies large, it can only be so in comparison
with Pulo Dawun, it being but one-third of a mile in extent, and 63 feet
high.
The COAST, from the foot of Banka hill, takes a westerly
direction to Lalarie point. It is covered with mangrove trees, and assumes
the usual irregular outline of such coasts. The trees upon Pudi point,
nearly midway, are 108 feet high, and form two mounds, with a small gap
•between them.
Mamelon Hummock is a small round hill 256 feet high, standing
by itself 3 miles inland in a N. by E. direction from Pudi point.
At the distance of 2^ miles E. by N. of Mamelon Hummock is another
small hill, with small ranges behind it.
LALARIE (Pangong) Point, 75 feet high, is covered with
trees, and presents a bold bluff appearance on aU bearings. It is the
turning point into the main part of the strait for vessels that have passed
through Stanton channel.
Anchorage.—Good anchorage may be obtained to the north-westward
of Lalarie point, in about 1 fathoms, mud, with Lalarie point bearing
S.E. i E., and Brani point N. f W. i
A jnud-bank
fronts the whole coast between Dapur and Lalari^
points. The 3-fathoms line may be considered to mark its edge, which, in
most places, shoals very quickly inside that line.
From the rock close to Dapur point, the edge of this bank extends off only
beyond this, its distance from the
about a cable, whence it curves outward ;
shore is from a half to one mile off the points, and from 2 to 2^ miles off
the bights. Between Toboali and Labu points, are several narrow isolate4
banks about 2 miles in length, with depths of from 2 to 3 fathoms, Ivin|f
parallel to and nearly midway between the shore mud-bank and the sand-
bank forming the eastern limit of Stanton channel. (See page 307.)
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