Raffles Lighthouse
Raffles Lighthouse is a lighthouse located on Pulau Satumu in the Singapore Strait, about 14 kilometres south of the main island of Singapore.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: LionFlyer, Public domain.
- Type: Lighthouse
- Description: lighthouse on Pulau Satumu, Singapore
- Also known as: “Raffles Light”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coney Island and Pulau Senang.
Coney Island
Islet
Photo: Jacklee, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pulau Satumu is a small islet situated in the Singapore Strait. 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 Western Islands.
Pulau Senang
Island
Pulau Senang is an 81.7-hectare coral island in the Republic of Singapore, located about 13 kilometres off the southern coast of Singapore Island. Along with Pulau Pawai to the north-west and Pulau Sudong, further north from Pulau Pawai, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises carried out by the Singapore Armed Forces.
Pulau Pawai
Island
Pulau Pawai, also known as Alligator Island during the colonial times, is a 182,000-square-metre island located within the Singapore Armed Forces Live Firing Area. Pulau Pawai is situated 3½ km northwest of Raffles Lighthouse.
Raffles Lighthouse
- Categories: building, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Singapore, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.16005° or 1° 9′ 36″ northLongitude
103.74079° or 103° 44′ 27″ eastElevation
61 metres (200 feet)Inception
1855Height
29 metres (95 feet)Open location code
6PH55P6R+28OpenStreetMap ID
way 162288645OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=lighthouseGeoNames ID
1882078Wikidata ID
Q3652320
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Spanish—“Raffles Lighthouse” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “莱佛士灯塔”
- Estonian: “Rafflesi tuletorn”
- French: “Phare de Raffles”
- German: “Raffles Lighthouse”
- Japanese: “ラッフルズ灯台”
- Malay: “Rumah Api Raffles”
- Spanish: “Faro de Raffles”
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