Pulau Samulun

Pulau Samulun is an offshore island in Jurong Industrial Estate, Singapore. It is separated from mainland Singapore by Selat Samulun. It is only less than a kilometre away from Singapore mainland.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Singapore Discovery Centre and Joo Koon.

Singapore Discovery Centre

Museum

Photo: Glen Bowman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Singapore Discovery Centre is an 'edutainment' and tourist attraction by the Ministry of Defence of Singapore in Jurong West, Singapore. The centre includes exhibits which display the history of Singapore as well as an insight on the future. Singapore Discovery Centre is situated 4 km northwest of Pulau Samulun.

Joo Koon

Metro station

Photo: ZKang123, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Joo Koon MRT station is an above-ground Mass Rapid Transit station along the East–West Line in Pioneer planning area, Singapore. Joo Koon station is named after Joo Koon Village, a rural Chinese settlement that once stood in the area before it was turned into an industrial estate in the 1960s. Joo Koon is situated 3½ km northwest of Pulau Samulun.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Boon Lay and Benoi Sector.

Boon Lay

Suburb

Boon Lay is a planning area situated in the West Region of Singapore. It shares boundaries with the planning areas of Pioneer to the west, Jurong West to the north, Jurong East to the east and Jurong Strait to the south.

Benoi Sector

Neighborhood

Benoi Sector is an industrial area in the Western region of Singapore within Jurong Industrial Estate. West of Benoi is Gul and east of Benoi is the Jurong Bird Park.

Jurong Port

Neighborhood

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

Jurong Port Pte Ltd is a port operator headquartered in Singapore. Jurong Port, which operates the only multi-purpose port in Singapore, handles bulk, break-bulk and containerised cargo. Jurong Port is situated 2½ km east of Pulau Samulun.

Pulau Samulun

Type: Islet
Description: subzone of Boon Lay Planning Area in Singapore
Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

1.30321° or 1° 18′ 12″ north

Longitude

103.69696° or 103° 41′ 49″ east

Elevation

10 metres (33 feet)

Open location code

6PH58M3W+7Q

OpenStreetMap ID

way 34511103

OpenStreetMap feature

natural=coastline

OpenStreetMap feature

place=islet

GeoNames ID

1880313

Wikidata ID

Q7259250

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Satellite Map

Discover Pulau Samulun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.

In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Pulau Samulun” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Pulau Samulun”
Chinese: “沙木仑岛”
French: “Pulau Samulun”
Tamil: “சமுளுன் தீவு”
Ukrainian: “Палау Самулун”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Samulun and Shipyard.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Foodcourt 1 and Foodcourt 2.

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