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Aerial perspective of Kusu Island, Singapore. Shot in 2016. In November 2006, the Singapore Tourism Board announced plans to develop the six islands off the southern tip of Sentosa into a tourist attraction. These islands include the Sisters' Island, Kusu Island, Lazarus Island and Saint John's Island, which draw at least 100,000 visitors a year.
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 the ...
Pulau Senang is an 81.7-hectare (202-acre) coral island in the Republic of Singapore, located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off the southern coast of Singapore Island.Along with Pulau Pawai to the north-west and Pulau Sudong, further north from Pulau Pawai, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises carried out by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).
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Jurong Island, Pulau Tekong, Pulau Ubin and Sentosa are the largest of Singapore's smaller islands. The highest natural point is Bukit Timah Hill at 163.63 m (537 ft). [295] Under British rule, Christmas Island and the Cocos Islands were part of Singapore, and both were transferred to Australia in 1957. [296] [297] [298] Pedra Branca is the ...
Sentosa Island, known mononymously as Sentosa, is an island located off the southern coast of Singapore's main island. [1] The island is separated from the main island of Singapore by a channel of water, the Keppel Harbour , and is adjacent to Pulau Brani , a smaller island wedged between Sentosa and the main island.
Singapore is separated from Indonesia by the Singapore Strait and from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor. Geographically, Singapore comprises its mainland and other islands. The mainland of Singapore measures 50 kilometres (31 mi) from east to west and 27 kilometres (17 mi) from north to south with 193 kilometres (120 mi) of coastline.