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The Malaysia–Singapore border[ a] is an international maritime border between the Southeast Asian countries of Malaysia, which lies to the north of the border, and Singapore to the south. The boundary is formed by straight lines between maritime geographical coordinates running along or near the deepest channel of the Straits of Johor. [ b][ 1]
Singapore Strait. / 01.22; 103.92. The Singapore Strait is a 113 km-long (70 mi), 19 km-wide (12 mi) [ 2] strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the South China Sea in the east. Singapore is on the north of the channel, and the Indonesian Riau Islands are on the south. The two countries share a maritime border along the strait.
Singaporeans account for a majority of tourist arrivals into Malaysia, at nearly 13 million as of 2016. [22] Malaysia was also Singapore's third largest market in terms of inbound visitors, contributing 8.5% of the total tourists in the city-state in 2012; tourists from Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Penang, Sabah and Perak formed the bulk of Malaysian tourist arrivals into Singapore in that year.
The Johor Bahru–Singapore Rapid Transit System ( RTS) Link[ 13] is an international cross-border rapid transit system that will connect Malaysia's second largest city, Johor Bahru and Woodlands, Singapore, crossing the Strait of Johor. [ 14] It will consist of two stations, with the Malaysian terminus at Bukit Chagar station and the ...
The Johor–Singapore Causeway is a 1.056-kilometre (0.66 mi) causeway consisting of a combined railway and motorway crossing that links the city of Johor Bahru in Malaysia across the Straits of Johor to the district and town of Woodlands in Singapore. It was the only land connection between the two from 1928 until 1998, when the Tuas Second ...
Boundary between 21 and 22 determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement Continental shelf border according to 1979 map, subject to negotiations with Indonesia and Singapore 22 1 17'.63 104 7'.5 This turning point is located near the eastern end of the boundary determined by the 1995 Malaysia-Singapore border agreement 23 104 2'.5
Singapore ( Malay: Singapura ), officially the State of Singapore ( Malay: Negeri Singapura ), was one of the 14 states of Malaysia from 1963 to 1965. Malaysia was formed on 16 September 1963 by the merger of the Federation of Malaya with the former British colonies of North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore. This marked the end of the 144-year ...
18 April 1998. Location. The Malaysia–Singapore Second Link ( Malay: Laluan Kedua Malaysia–Singapura, Chinese: 马新第二通道) is a bridge connecting Singapore and Johor, Malaysia. In Singapore, it is officially known as the Tuas Second Link. The bridge was built to reduce the traffic congestion at the Johor–Singapore Causeway and was ...