The China Sea Directory, Volume 1Hydrographic Office, Admiralty., 1906 - Pilot guides Includes glossaries. |
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12 fathoms 14 miles Acheh anchorage bank Banka Banka strait Batu beacon buoy cables in breadth channel Chart clear weather coast contour line direction distance dry at low Durian eastern side entrance extreme fairway fathoms water feet above high full and change Gunong half a mile harbour high water hill Horsburgh lighthouse island bearing islet Johor Karang Keppel harbour least depth lies lighthouse Long low water lying Malacca Malacca strait miles eastward miles in breadth miles in length miles south-eastward miles southward monsoon mouth navigable nearly north-east north-west northern northward Padang painted white patch Penang point of pulo port Raffles lighthouse Raja reef extends Rhio river rocks above water rocky Salat sand sandy shoal Singapore Singapore strait situated south point south-east south-west southern spring tides steep-to steer strait Sumatra Sunda strait Sungi tanjong Telok thence tidal streams trees ujong village western westward winds