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Pulau Pawai

Pulau Pawai, also known as Alligator Island during the colonial times, is a 182,000-square-metre located within the Singapore Armed Forces Live Firing Area.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Singapore
  • Historically known as: “Alligator Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pulau Senang and Pulau Sudong.

Island
is an 81.7-hectare coral in the Republic of Singapore, located about 13 kilometres off the southern coast of . Along with Pulau Pawai to the north-west and , further north from Pulau Pawai, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises carried out by the Singapore Armed Forces.

Island
is a 209 hectares coral off the southern coast of . It was enlarged through a land reclamation process during the late 1970s, and is home to the Airport.

Islet
Photo: Jacklee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pulau Satumu is a small islet situated in the . It marks the southernmost point within Singapore's territorial waters and belongs to the cluster of islands southwest of the mainland commonly referred to as the .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Western Islands.

Suburb
The is a planning area located within the of Singapore. It comprises a collection of islands located in the south-western waters of Singapore, namely , , , and , on which is the Pulau Sudong Airport.

Pulau Pawai

Latitude
1.18565° or 1° 11′ 8″ north
Longitude
103.72405° or 103° 43′ 27″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6PH55PPF+7J
Open­Street­Map ID
way 55608308
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1880400
Wiki­data ID
Q629465
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Satellite Map

Discover Pulau Pawai from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Pulau Pawai” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Pawai”
  • Chinese: “巴威岛”
  • Chinese: “巴歪岛”
  • French: “Pulau Pawai”
  • Russian: “Павай”
  • Spanish: “Pawai”
  • Tamil: “பவாயி தீவு”
  • Ukrainian: “Пулау-Павай (Острів Алігаторів)”
  • Ukrainian: “Пулау-Павай”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Pawai”

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Localities in the Area

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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 “Pulau Pawai”. Photo: Khairul Nizam, CC BY 2.0.