Year: 1927
Type: book
Abstract: A few of these small islands are situated in the narrow strait running' between Singapore and the mainland but the majority are to be found off the south coast, or as it would be more accurate to write, on account of the peculiar shape of Singapore Island-the south-west coast.'Further afield, to the south again, one passes almost imperceptibly into that wonderful maze of islands known as the Rhio-Archipelago and politically Dutch."The sea between the most remote of the islands and Singapore only reaches 20 fathoms in a few places and is generally less than half that depth.'Tt will be seen that the islands vary greatly in size.Pulau Ubin which is about 44 x 14 miles and Pulau Tekong, approximately 4 x 24 miles, being the largest; whilst others at high water show little else than the tops of mangroves.There seems to be no literature relating to these places although numerous papers have been published which deal in some detail with the fauna of the other islands situated in the Straits of Malacca and South China Sea off the western and eastern coasts of the Malay Peninsula."Ornithologically they are somewhat disappointing.
Language: English
Topic: Avian ecology and behavior
Subfield: Ecology
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W2139019223