Pulau Seletar Explained
Pulau Seletar (Seletar Island) |
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Map: | Singapore |
Coordinates: | 1.4426°N 103.8626°W |
Location: | Straits of Johor |
Area Ha: | 38.5 |
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Country: | Singapore |
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Pulau Seletar (or Seletar Island) is an island in Singapore waters, in the Straits of Johor off the northern coast.[1] It has an area of 38.5 hectares.[2] It is in a bay into which several streams flow, including the waters of mainland Singapore's only hot spring.[3] [4]
Pulau Seletar is in the planning area of Simpang, in which it forms a single subzone of its own.[5]
The island is home to mangrove trees, the tallest of which reach a height of 80 feet.
Notes and References
- Book: A Gazetteer of the Singapore Locality Names of the Collections of the Herbarium, Singapore Botanic Gardens.. Chen. Junhao. Lee Kong Chian Natural History Museum, National University of Singapore. 2014. 978-981-07-2589-1. Singapore. 15. Chong. Kwek Yan. Alex T. K.. Yee. Tan. Hugh T.W.. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170128025000/https://lkcnhm.nus.edu.sg/nus/pdf/PUBLICATION/LKCNH%20Museum%20Books/LKCNHM%20Books/gazetteer_locality_names.pdf. 2017-01-28.
- Web site: Islands of Singapore. Singapore Infopedia. National Library Board, Singapore. 8 March 2016.
- Book: Waller, Edmund. Landscape Planning in Singapore. 2001. NUS Press. 9789971692384. 89. en.
- Book: United States Hydrographic Office . United States Hydrographic Office . Publications ... . . 1962 . 70, 162 . 230 . en.
- Web site: Singapore's Simpang Planning Area. Key Location.