Island | Location | About |
Pulau Ayer Chawan | Off Jurong | Used to be a small fishing village up to the 1960s.Then in the late 1960s and early 1970s, Esso decided to house their facilities there. |
Pulau Ayer Merbau | Off Jurong | Houses the Petrochemical Corporation of |
Pulau Bukum Kechil | West of | |
Pulau Brani | South of Keppel Harbour | Selected to be developed as a naval base in early 1971 and has been an important naval base and busy port since it was officially declared open by former Prime Minister, Lee Kuan Yew. |
Pulau Bukum | West of | The island is currently the site of the Shell refinery. Shell association with the island dates back to 1891, when the company used the island to store kerosene. |
Pulau Busing | Off Jurong | Currently has a chemical logistics park on the island. |
Pulau Biola ( | Next to Raffles Lighthouse | |
Pulau Damar Laut | Off Jurong Industrial Estate | Location of several cement companies. |
Pulau Hantu ( | West of | |
Pulau Jong ( | North of Pulau Seking and Pulau Sebarok | |
Pulau Khatib Bongsu | North of Singapore, near Yishun and Sembawang | Mangrove site identified in URA's master plan. |
Pulau Merlimau | South of | Site of the Singapore Refinery Company. A major fire once broke out on the refinery on |
Pulau Pawai | South of | Pawai is owned by the Ministry of Defence. It's used as a practice range for live-ammunition bombing both from the air and the ground. The Air Force and the Navy take turns using it. The airforce practices straffing, the navy practices shelling targets. |
Pulau Pesek | off Jurong | Part of the new |
Pulau Sakijang Bendera ( | South of | A former quarantine station for leprosy cases detected in immigrants and a penal settlement. |
Pulau Sakijang Pelepah ( | South of | |
Pulau Sakra | Off Jurong | |
Pulau Sarimbun | west of Sungei Buloh | |
Pulau Sebarok ( | Off Jurong | Oil multinational Exxon Mobil's oil base. |
Pulau Seletar | Northwestof | |
Pulau Semakau | Off Tuas | The first offshore landfill and now the only remaning landfill in |
Pulau Senang ( | Southwest of | Isle of Ease'. Was a penal island, remembered for a revolt in 1963 in which the superintendent and others were brutally murdered. |
Pulau Sekudu ( | Near Pulau Ubin | The islet looks like a frog. |
Pulau Selugu ( | South of | The island is now taken over by the Government as part of its plan to develop Sentosa. |
Pulau Satumu (Raffles Lighthouse) | South of Pulau Sudong, southwest of Sentosa | |
Pulau Serangoon ( | Off Punggol | |
Pulau Subar Darat / Pulau Subar Laut (Sisters' | South of | |
Pulau Seraya | 3 kilometres south-west of mainland | Location of the Pulau Seraya Power Station, |
Pulau Sudong | Southwest of | Houses the government malaria research station. |
Pulau Tekong | East, off Changi | Largest island off |
Pulau Tekukor | South of | One of the 7 |
Pulau Tembakul ( | South of | |
Pulau Ubin | Northeast of | Since the British founding of |
Pulau Blakang Mati (Sentosa) | South of | |
Pulau Ujong / Temasek ( | - |
Friday, June 10, 2011
Islands of Singapore (edited 20/06/2011)
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