Pulau Tekukor is a small, thin island just south of Sentosa. Its name is derived from ''tekukur'', the Malay word for the spotted dove. According to heritage blogger Jerome Lim, the island used to be a commercial explosives storage facility in the 1980s. Proposals to turn the island into a sanctuary for long-tailed macaques in the mid-2000s never materialised. Mr Lim also wrote that duels to the death between Malay and Bugis warriors used to take place on Pulau Tekukor, giving the island a bloody past.
Low tide at Terumbu Pempang Laut, one of the Republic's largest submerged reefs, according to environmentalist Ria Tan. The reef, which lies near Jurong Island in the south of Singapore, has seagrass meadows and is home to animals like the fluted giant clam.
Beting Bemban Besar is, according to environmentalist Ria Tan, one of Singapore's biggest submerged reefs. It lies off the western coast of Pulau Semakau, and this photo shows it during low tide. To demonstrate the reef's size, people in the photo are circled in yellow. Besides corals, giant clams have also been spotted on the reef.
The smaller of the two Sisters' Islands, also known as Pulau Subar Darat, is 1.7ha. Big Sister's Island to its right, also known as Pulau Subar Laut, is 3.9ha. Legend has it that the two isles were formed from two sisters who drowned in that spot. The islands are the site of Singapore's first marine park, which spans about 40ha and touches the western reefs of Pulau Tekukor and St John's Island.
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Pulau Tekukor is a small, thin island just south of Sentosa. Its name is derived from ''tekukur'', the Malay word for the spotted dove. According to heritage blogger Jerome Lim, the island used to be a commercial explosives storage facility in the 1980s. Proposals to turn the island into a sanctuary for long-tailed macaques in the mid-2000s never materialised. Mr Lim also wrote that duels to the death between Malay and Bugis warriors used to take place on Pulau Tekukor, giving the island a bloody past.
Low tide at Terumbu Pempang Laut, one of the Republic's largest submerged reefs, according to environmentalist Ria Tan. The reef, which lies near Jurong Island in the south of Singapore, has seagrass meadows and is home to animals like the fluted giant clam.
Beting Bemban Besar is, according to environmentalist Ria Tan, one of Singapore's biggest submerged reefs. It lies off the western coast of Pulau Semakau, and this photo shows it during low tide. To demonstrate the reef's size, people in the photo are circled in yellow. Besides corals, giant clams have also been spotted on the reef.
The smaller of the two Sisters' Islands, also known as Pulau Subar Darat, is 1.7ha. Big Sister's Island to its right, also known as Pulau Subar Laut, is 3.9ha. Legend has it that the two isles were formed from two sisters who drowned in that spot. The islands are the site of Singapore's first marine park, which spans about 40ha and touches the western reefs of Pulau Tekukor and St John's Island.
