Pedra Branca

Pedra Branca, also known as Batu Putih, is an outlying island and the easternmost point of Singapore. The name of the island, which is Portuguese for "white rock", refers to whitish guano deposited on the rock.
  • Type: Islet
  • Description: territory of Singapore
  • Also known as: “Horsburgh”, “Pedera Branca Horsburgh”, “Pedra Blanca”, “Pedra Branca, Laut China Selatan”, “Pedra Branca, Singapore”, “Pedra Brance”, “Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca)”, “Pulau Batu Putih”, and “ペドラ・ブランカ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Horsburgh Lighthouse.

Lighthouse
Photo: John Turnbull Thomson, Public domain.
is an active lighthouse which…

Pedra Branca

Latitude
1.3304° or 1° 19′ 50″ north
Longitude
104.40587° or 104° 24′ 21″ east
Open location code
6PH68CJ4+58
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­islet
Geo­Names ID
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Vietnamese—“Pedra Branca” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: “Pedra Branca”
  • Chinese: “白礁”
  • Chinese: “白礁岛”
  • Dutch: “Pedra Branca”
  • Finnish: “Pedra Branca”
  • French: “Pedra Branca”
  • German: “Pedra Branca”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Batu Puteh”
  • Italian: “Pedra Branca (Singapore)”
  • Italian: “Pedra Branca”
  • Japanese: “ペドラ・ブランカ島”
  • Korean: “페드라브랑카섬”
  • Malay: “Batu Puteh”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pe̍h-ta”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Pedra Branca”
  • Portuguese: “Pedra Branca”
  • Russian: “Педра-Бранка (Сингапур)”
  • Russian: “Педра-Бранка”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pedra Branca (Singapur)”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Pedra Branca”
  • Sinhala: “පේද්‍රා බ්‍රන්කා, සිංගප්පූරුව”
  • Sinhala: “පේද්‍රා බ්‍රන්කා”
  • Spanish: “Pedra Branca”
  • Swedish: “Pedra Branca, Singapore”
  • Swedish: “Pedra Branca”
  • Tamil: “பெத்ரா பிராங்கா”
  • Tamil: “வெண்பாறைத் தீவு”
  • Turkish: “Pedra Branca (ada)”
  • Turkish: “Pedra Branca”
  • Ukrainian: “Педра Бранка”
  • Vietnamese: “Pedra Branca, Singapore”
  • Vietnamese: “Pedra Branca”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Pedra Branca, Singapore and South Ledge.

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