Kusu Island
Kusu Island is one of the Southern Islands in Singapore, located about 5.6 kilometres to the south of the main island of Singapore and below the Singapore Straits.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Singapore
- Historically known as: “Peak Island”
Places of Interest
Highlights include The Kusu Kramats and Sentosa Satellite Earth Station.
The Kusu Kramats
Place of worship
The Keramat Kusu is a Datuk Keramat shrine located on Kusu Island. It is a religious complex containing three enshrined Muslim tombs. The shrine is visited every year as part of a pilgrimage to Kusu Island.
Sentosa Satellite Earth Station
The Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is Singapore's first satellite Earth station, located on Sentosa Island. It was opened on 23 October 1971 by then-president Benjamin Sheares. Sentosa Satellite Earth Station is situated 4 km northwest of Kusu Island.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Southern Islands and Sentosa and Harbourfront.
Southern Islands
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Southern Islands is a planning area consisting of a collection of islets located within the Central Region of Singapore, once home to the native Malay islanders and indigenous Orang Laut sea nomad tribes before they were relocated to the mainland for urban redevelopment and future use. Southern Islands is situated 3½ km northwest of Kusu Island.
Sentosa and Harbourfront
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sentosa is an island just off the southern coast of Singapore. This district also includes Harbourfront and the Southern Islands.
Straits View
Neighborhood
Straits View is a planning area located in the Central Area of the Central Region of Singapore. The area is currently relatively undeveloped, with fewer commercial developments compared to the adjacent Downtown Core. Straits View is situated 5 km north of Kusu Island.
Kusu Island
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.22312° or 1° 13′ 23″ northLongitude
103.86035° or 103° 51′ 37″ eastOpen location code
6PH56VF6+64OpenStreetMap ID
way 114186594OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
Discover Kusu Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Catalan to Vietnamese—“Kusu Island” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “illa Kusu”
- Catalan: “Kusu”
- Cebuano: “Pulau Tembakul”
- Chinese: “龜嶼”
- Chinese: “龟屿”
- French: “Kusu Island”
- German: “Kusu Island”
- German: “Kusu”
- Indonesian: “Pulau kusu”
- Indonesian: “Pulau Kusu”
- Japanese: “クス島”
- Malay: “Pulau Kusu”
- Malay: “Pulau Tembakul”
- Polish: “Kusu”
- Spanish: “Kusu”
- Tamil: “கசு தீவு”
- Tamil: “குசு தீவு”
- Thai: “เกาะกูซู”
- Ukrainian: “Острів Кусу”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Kusu”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Southern Group and Southern Islands.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Da Bo Gong and Kusu Island Hawker Centre.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Kusu Island”. Photo: DerFussi, CC BY-SA 4.0.