Little Iyu Island (''Pulau Iyu Kecil'' in
Indonesian
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) is a small island in the
Strait of Malacca, about 4.5
km north-west of
Little Karimun Island, about 50 km west of
Singapore
Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, borde ...
, and about 800
m north-east of the
Great Iyu Island.
Sailing Directions (Enroute), Strait of Malacca and Sumatra
,'' page 51. Publication 174, National Geospatial Intelligence Agency, USA The two Iyu islets are known as The Brothers.
Little Iyu measures about 200 by 70 m and its highest point is about 45 m above sea level.
The island belongs to the
Karimun Regency
The Karimun Regency is located in the Riau Islands Province, Indonesia. Besides the central island of Great Karimun, the regency also includes the islands of Kundur and over 240 smaller islands. The district covers a land area of 1,524 km2 ...
of the
Riau Islands Province of
Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...
. The northern tip of Little Iyu is one of the
baseline points that define the legal boundaries of Indonesia ().
See also
*
Pandang Island
Pandang Island (''Pulau Pandang'' in Indonesian) is a small island in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Sumatra, about 47 km from Tanjungbalai and 10 km north of Salahnama Island. It belongs to Indonesia
Indonesia, officially the ...
and
Salahnama Island
Salahnama Island (''Pulau Salahnama'' in Indonesian) is a small island in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Sumatra, about 40 km from Tanjungbalai and 10 km south of Pandang Island.WikimapiaPulau Salahnama Accessed on 2012-07-03. It ...
, also known as The Brothers, about 480 km to the north-west
*
Rukan Islands
The Rukan Islands (''Kepulauan Rukan'' in Indonesian language), also known as the Three Brothers, is a group of three small islands at the south entrance of Durian Strait, in the Riau Islands Province of Indonesia, off the north coast of Sumatra ...
, also known as Three Brothers, about 80 km to the southeast
References
Islands of the Strait of Malacca
Landforms of the Riau Islands
Islands of Sumatra
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