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| Raffles Lighthouse @ Pulau Satumu |
Situated within the prohibited waters in Singapore, Pulau Satumu, which hosts Raffles Lighthouse is difficult to access. But through an authorised visit, we were fortunate enough to visit the lighthouse!
The Island is not only the Southern Most Point of Singapore. It also marks the southern point of the Singapore Port Limit.
The journey to the island and back was marked with a few highlights. The first was a ruin beacon off Monggok Sebarok.
Next was Shell SBM. Shell SBM is a buoy linked to Bukom Island via a submarine pipe. Apparently, the purpose of the SBM is to accommodate VLCC which require way deeper waters that what that terminals at Bukom can accommodate.
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| Location of Monggok Sebarok and Shell SBM |
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| Ruin off Monggok Sebarok |
Pulau Satumu also has a role to play, related to the Shell SBM Buoy. When there is a VLCC approaching the SBM, The signal on a Semaphore Tower at Pulau Satumu would light up to warn passing vessels of a VLCC coming towards the SBM.
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| Raffles Lighthouse |
Raffles Lighthouse itself is mended continuously by 2 lightkeepers, with their duty rotated every 10 days. I must say they have done an excellent job of keeping the place squeaky clean!
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| Squeaky clean kitchen |
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| Lighthouse Layout |
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| Raffles Lighthouse Bench |
The lighthouse also hosts a small museum for visitors (during their rare visit), to find out more about its history.
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| Lantern at top of lighthouse |
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| Lagoon with clear waters at Pulau Satumu. Can see lots of Reefs below! |
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| From Left to Right: Pemalang, P Senang, P Biola |
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Map of P Satumu on Navionics in 2022 and Surrounding Islands.
That is all for today! |
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