Pedra Branca, Singapore facts for kids
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Detail of a 1620 "Map of Sumatra" by Hessel Gerritz, a cartographer with the Hydrographic Service of the Dutch East India Company. The location of the island of "Pedrablanca" (Pedra Branca) is marked.
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| Geography | |
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| Location | South China Sea |
| Coordinates | 1°19′49″N 104°24′21″E / 1.330368°N 104.405883°E |
| Area | 8,560 m2 (92,100 sq ft) |
| Length | 137 m (449 ft) |
| Width | 60 m (200 ft) (average) |
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Pedra Branca, also known as Pulau Batu Puteh and Batu Puteh, is a small island at the western edge of the South China Sea. It in the eastern entrance of the Straits of Singapore. It is the easternmost point of Singapore.
History
Horsburgh Lighthouse was built on the island between 1847 and 1851.
The island was the subject of a dispute between Malaysia and Singapore. In 2008, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) ruled that Pedra Branca is part of Singapore.
Images for kids
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A replica of Long Ya Men at the Labrador Nature Reserve, put up in 2005 as part of the Singapore Zheng He's 600th Anniversary Celebrations
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Thomas and William Daniell's etching of Pedra Branca before the building of Horsburgh Lighthouse, c. 1820
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Horsburgh Lighthouse, a painting by John Turnbull Thomson (1821–1884) showing the island of Pedra Branca just after the completion of the lighthouse in 1851, which he designed.
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A sketch by Thomson showing Chinese stonecutters from the "Kay tribe" (that is, of Hakka origin) at work in a quarry on Pulau Ubin, an island off the northeast coast of Singapore, which supplied granite for the lighthouse on Pedra Branca.
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The Peace Palace in The Hague, Netherlands, the seat of the International Court of Justice
See also
In Spanish: Pedra Branca para niños
