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368 NOBTH-EAST COAST OP BANKA. [chap. vii.
10 miles westward of Berikat point ; the Padang mountains, the summit
of which is elevated 2,630 feet at 10 miles westward of the Saddles; and
the double-peaked mountain, Gunong Maras (Grown peak), 2,300 feet
high at about 20 miles from the north coast of the island.
THE COAST from Berikat point trends 24 miles in a westerly
direction to Langka point, 2| miles westward of which is Koba village.
Timor island lies about 2^ miles off shore, at 5^ miles eastward of Langka
point. Eastward of Timor island the shore may be approached to depths
of 6 or 7 fathoms, but westward of the island reefs extend from 2 to 3
miles offshore. About 16 miles N.W. by W. ^ W. from Langka point is the
large village of Kerow, whence the coast trends in a northerly direction to
Sungi Marawang, near which stands the towns of Eusa and Punkal Pinang.
Dangerous reefs extend from 15 to 20 miles off this part of the coast.
Koba road lies 2 miles westward of Langka point ; the anchorage is
in 4^ fathoms, with the mouth of the river bearing S. ^ W., distant about
3^ miles. Nearer the shore is Gantreng reef and other patches, westward
of which the 3-fathom edge of the bank fronting the shore extends 3
. miles off.
ISLETS AND REEFS. — Tetawa bank.—Fronting the
coast between the village of Kerow and Marawang river is a chain of banks
from one to 5 miles broad, known under the general appellation of Tetawa
bank, upon which are several scattered islands. Many patches on these
banks dry at low water.*
Barat (Kinsbergen) Reef, with 51 feet water, lies nearly 2
miles North of Langka point ; from the reef the flagstaff at Koba village
bears S.W. ^ W.
PulO Buar (Colowy), the south-eastern of the islets, lies 11 miles
northward of Langka point. The islet is surrounded by a reef, which
in places extends to the distance of one mile. Many rocky patches, lie
westward of the islet.
Horse Rocks, nearly dry at low water,, lie to the eastward of Tetawa
bank, with Pulo Buar bearing W. | N., distant 3J miles. A patch of
IJ fathoms lies 2^ miles north-eastward of Horse rocks, with Pulo Buar
beai-ing W. | S., distant 4^ miles.
Mentawa reef lies 2 miles N.E. by N. from Pulo Buar, and is more
extensive than Horse rocks.
Goat shoal lies 3^ miles N.N.E. of Mentawa ; 9 feet water is reported on
this shoal.
Pulo Passir, Pulo Johora, and Pulo Tetawa are small islets on
Tetawa bank, situated respectively at 4, 6 and 8 miles westward of Pulo
Buar.
* See Admiralty chart :—Banka strait No. 2,597 ; scale, m = 0'25 of an inch.