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The Southern Islands is a planning area consisting of a collection of islets located within the Central Region of Singapore, once home to the native Malay islanders and indigenous Orang Laut sea nomad tribes before they were relocated to the mainland for urban redevelopment and future use.
This is a list of islands of Singapore. Massive land reclamation works over the past centuries has merged many of Singapore 's former islands and islets and has created a few larger ones. At present, Singapore has about 64 islands, with 7 of them belonging to the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
St John's Island has a land area of 41.23 km 2 (15.92 sq mi) and is located in the Strait of Singapore, about 6.5 km from the southern coast of mainland Singapore. Its location is at longitude 1°13 ′ 08.30″N and latitude 103°50 ′ 53.88″E. [ 113 ] [ 1 ] All the Southern Islands , including St John's, are formed by the Triassic rocks of ...
Lazarus Island, also known as Pulau Sekijang Pelepah, is one of the Southern Islands in Singapore. It is south of the main island of Singapore , off the Straits of Singapore and is uninhabited. It is connected by a causeway to Saint John's Island , which is reachable by ferry.
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Kusu Island is one of the Southern Islands in Singapore, located about 5.6 kilometres (3.5 miles) to the south of the main island of Singapore and below the Singapore Straits. "Kusu" means "Tortoise Island" or "Turtle Island" in Hokkien (Chinese: 龟屿; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ku-sū); the island is also known as Peak Island or Pulau Tembakul in Malay.
Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum (Chinese: 毛广岛; Tamil: புளு புகோம்), is a small restricted-access island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of Mainland Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. The size of Pulau Bukom is about 1.45 km 2 (0.56 sq mi).
Pulau Sudong (Malay for Sudong Island) is a 209 hectares (520 acres) coral island off the southern coast of Singapore. It was enlarged through a land reclamation process during the late 1970s, [ 1 ] and is home to the Pulau Sudong Airport .