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350 GASPAB, STBAIT. [cha?. vii.
42 fe.et high. The others are named Benolo, 94 feet high; Kla,senga,
58 feet J Bago, 146 feet; Betong, 170 feet; and Ringet, 158 feet high.
Ross island may be approached from the southward and westward as near
as one mile ; but a patch, named Tuan, dry at low water, lies threo'-quarters
of a mile S.E. by E. ^ E. from it. A reef with 5 feet water, hes N. f E..
distant 1^ miles from Kasenga island. Eastward of ,a line joining this
reef ,and Ayer Lantju lighthouse, are many isolated reefs, the neighbour-
hood of which is better avoided.
Clearing mark.—Ayer Lantju lighthouse bearing N. | E. Jeads
westward of the Lima islands, and the shoals northward of them.
GRESIK (Table) ISLAND, forms the western limit of the
narrowest part of Stolze channel, the reef extending from Kasenga forfliing
the eastern limit. From its isolated ppgition, this island serves as an
excellent mark to guide vessels in steering for the narrow part of ,
Stolze
channel when approaching it from either direction. It is surrounded by a
reef to the distance of 3 cables, and a detached shoal, of 14 feet, lies half a
mile south-eastward of it.
A patcb. of 2|-fathoms [lies nearly in mid-channel between Gresik
island and Ayer island, which makes that passage dangerous.
Ayer and Klemar islands are described on page 343.
PULO MENDANAO, or Long island, lying 8^ miles
north-eastward of Klemar island, is much the largest of the numerous
islands which front the west coast of Billiton. It is about 8 miles in
length, and the same in breadth, so that Long island does not correctly
designate its shape, but it is probable that Pulo Gala to the southward,
and Pulo Batu Dinding to the northward, were formerly supposed to be
a part of it, and from this cause it may have obtained its name. The
island is for the most part low, but has some hills 600 to 700 feet high.
Its western extreme, named Ayer Lantju (West point), projects consider-
ably from the main body of the island ; there is a small hill near its
extremity, and a village with a pier lies on the south side of it.
LIGHT.—From an iron lighthouse 80 feet high, painted white,
situated on Ayer Lantju (West point), the west extreme of Pulo Mendanao
is exhibited at an elevation of 204 feet above high water, a fixed white
light, visible in clear weather from a distance of 21 miles.
Pulo Ayam (Peling) is an islet lying 2\ miles south-eastward
of Ayer Lantju, at about one mile off shore.
Hoog island, or Pulo Kumbong, is a small islet, loo feet,
high, and in the form of a sugar-loaf, lying nearly \\ miles northward,
of Ayer Lantju ; a reef surrounds this islet.