Boosina Island
Pulau Busing is a restricted-access island and a hub for oil shipping located off the southwestern coast of Singapore. The island is occupied by Tankstore Ltd, a petroleum storage company.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island
- Also known as: “bùxīng dǎo”, “Poelau Bosing”, and “Pulau Busing”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pulau Hantu and Bukom Island.
Pulau Hantu
Islet
Pulau Hantu is located to the south of the main island of Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore. Pulau Hantu is actually made up of two islets: Pulau Hantu Besar and Pulau Hantu Kechil, with a total area of 12.6 hectares.
Bukom Island
Island
Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small restricted-access island belonging to Singapore that is located about five kilometres to the south of Mainland Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore.
Pulau Anak Bukom
Islet
Pulau Anak Bukom is a small 0.2-hectare islet located to the south west of Singapore, between Pulau Bukom and Pulau Bukom Kechil. Anak Bukom means "child of Bukom" in Malay, a reference to its small size and location just next to Pulau Bukom.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Western Islands and Queenstown.
Western Islands
Suburb
The Western Islands is a planning area located within the West Region of Singapore. It comprises a collection of islands located in the south-western waters of Singapore, namely Jurong Island, Pulau Bukom, Pulau Semakau, and Pulau Sudong, on which is the Pulau Sudong Airport.
Queenstown
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Queenstown is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the Central Region of Singapore. It borders Bukit Timah to the north, Tanglin to the northeast, Bukit Merah to the east and southeast, as well as Clementi to the northwest and west.
Kent Ridge
Neighborhood
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
Kent Ridge is the name of a ridge and a neighbourhood located in Pasir Panjang, in the Queenstown Planning Area of Singapore. The area is notable for housing two parks within the Southern Ridges, Kent Ridge Park and HortPark.
Boosina Island
- Categories: industry, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.23119° or 1° 13′ 52″ northLongitude
103.75517° or 103° 45′ 19″ eastElevation
12 metres (39 feet)Open location code
6PH56QJ4+F3OpenStreetMap ID
way 112430802OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialOpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Boosina Island” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Pulau Busing”
- Chinese: “布星岛”
- Chinese: “布星島”
- French: “Pulau Busing”
- Malay: “Pulau Busing”
- Tamil: “புலாவ் பூசிங்”
- Tamil: “பூசிங் தீவு”
- Vietnamese: “Đảo Busing”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Western Islands and Semakau.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Pulau Hantu Kecil and Terumbu Raya.
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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 “Boosina Island”. Photo: Khairul Nizam, CC BY 2.0.