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Bukom Island

Pulau Bukom, also known as Pulau Bukum, is a small restricted-access island belonging to that is located about five kilometres to the south of Mainland Singapore, off the Straits of Singapore.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island
  • Also known as: “Freshwater Island”, “Pulau Bukom”, and “Zoetwater-eiland”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Pulau Anak Bukom and Boosina Island.

Islet
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.

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.

Islet
is located to the south of the main island of , off the Straits of Singapore. is actually made up of two islets: Besar and Kechil, with a total area of 12.6 hectares.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kent Ridge and Queenstown.

Neighborhood
Photo: Sengkang, Copyrighted free use.
is the name of a ridge and a neighbourhood located in , in the of Singapore. The area is notable for housing two parks within the Southern Ridges, and .

Suburb
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is a planning area and satellite residential town situated on the south-westernmost fringe of the . It borders to the north, to the northeast, to the east and southeast, as well as to the northwest and west.

Suburb
is a subzone region located in the town of , . The region consists of two non contiguous neighbourhoods: Alexendra Hill and Alexendra North.

Bukom Island

Latitude
1.23233° or 1° 13′ 56″ north
Longitude
103.76933° or 103° 46′ 10″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Operator
Shell Eastern Petroleum (Pte) Ltd (SEPL)
United Nations Location Code
SG PUB
Open location code
6PH56QJ9+WP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23446401
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1880743
Wiki­data ID
Q1093715
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Satellite Map

Discover Bukom Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Bukom Island” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pulau Bukum”
  • Chinese: “武公岛”
  • Chinese: “武公島”
  • Chinese: “毛广岛”
  • Chinese: “毛廣島”
  • French: “Pulau Bukom”
  • Hebrew: “פולאו בוקום”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Bukom”
  • Japanese: “ブコム島”
  • Malay: “Pulau Bukom”
  • Russian: “Букум”
  • Spanish: “Bukom”
  • Spanish: “Pulau Bukom”
  • Tamil: “புக்கும் தீவு”
  • Tamil: “புலாவ் புக்கும்”
  • Vietnamese: “Đảo Bukom”

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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 “Bukom Island”. Photo: Terence, CC BY 2.5.