Pulau Silawa

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Pulau Silawa
Location of Pulau Silawa in Darvel Bay
Location of Pulau Silawa in Darvel Bay
Waters Celebes Sea
Geographical location 4 ° 34 '23 "  N , 118 ° 34' 40"  E Coordinates: 4 ° 34 '23 "  N , 118 ° 34' 40"  E
Pulau Silawa (Malaysia)
Pulau Silawa
length 1.3 km
width 800 m
surface 71 ha
Highest elevation 10  m
main place Kampung Silawa

Pulau Silawa is an island belonging to the Malaysian state Sabah in Darvel Bay, which is open to the Celebes Sea . The island is about 11 kilometers northwest of Semporna . The largely flat island stretches 1.3 kilometers to the northeast and is up to 800 meters wide. In the south, Pulau Silawa borders directly on Pulau Bait ; the two islands are separated by a sandy, swampy strip at low tide. The island is separated from Pulau Larapan in the northeast by a navigable strait a few hundred meters narrow . The only small settlement Kampung Silawa is on the east coast .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara (PDF; 5.8 MB), United States Navy Publication 163, sector 10, page 286, 2002; Accessed August 28, 2012
  2. ^ Topographic map 1: 90,000: Negeri Sabah Bahagian Tawau Daerah Semporna ; Eds. Jabatan Ukur & Permetaan Malaysia, 1st edition, 2010

Remarks

  1. ↑ The values ​​were approximately determined by evaluating the satellite image from google maps.
  2. ↑ For this reason, "Enroute" only refers to Pulau Silawa in the navigation literature , see Sailing Directions (Enroute) - Borneo, Jawa, Sulawesi and Nusa Tenggara , page 286.