 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1918 - 566 pages
...ISLAND, an Island belonging to Great Britain, lying at the north entrance of the Straits of Malacca, off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a channel 2 to 5 miles across; area, 107 sq. miles. Twelfths of Penang is plain, and the rest hills —... | |
 | Thomas Edward Finegan - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1922 - 652 pages
...IB^D! an island belonging to Great Britain, lying at the north entrance of the Straits of Malacca, off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a channel 2 to 5 miles across ; area, 107 sq. miles. Two-fifths of Penang is plain, and the rest hills... | |
 | Great Britain. Colonial Office - 1924 - 1052 pages
...about 27 miles by 14 wide, containing an area of 217 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it which form part... | |
 | James Stewart Nagle - Education - 1928 - 524 pages
...Asia. Singapore is an island about 27 miles long by 14 miles wide, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. Penang is also an island, but only about fifteen miles long and... | |
 | Commonwealth countries - 1975 - 796 pages
...Conakry) (High Commissioner); G. Gelaga-King (Ambassador). SINGAPORE SINGAPORE is an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow channel crossed by a causeway three-quarters of a mile long. Included within its boundaries are a number... | |
 | Commonwealth countries - 1973 - 846 pages
...Malapo (High Commis- (Ambassador) (resident in Bonn). SINGAPORE SINGAPORE is an island to the south of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow channel crossed by a causeway three-quarters of a mile long. Included within its boundaries are a number... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1824 - 996 pages
...(v. N.) PRINCE OF WALES'S ISLAND, called also PULO PINANG, or BETEL NUT ISLAND, an island situated off the west coast of the Malay peninsula, from which...narrow strait, about two miles broad, which forms the harbour, and affords excellent anchorage for the largest ships. There is also an inner harbour, where... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Charles Annandale - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1901 - 594 pages
...ISLAND, an island belonging to Great Britain, lying at the north entrance of the Straits of Alalacca, off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a channel 2 to 5 miles across; area, 107 so,, miles. Two-fifths of Penang is plain, and the rest hills... | |
 | Political science - 1904 - 2604 pages
...twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width. There are a number of small islands adjacent to it, which form part... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1883 - 532 pages
...miles, with a population of about 350,000. SINGAPORE; is an island situated off the southern extremity of the Malay peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about threequarters of a mile in width ; its length is about 27 miles, and its breadth 14 miles ; it comprises... | |
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Singapore is an island about twenty-seven miles long by fourteen wide, with an area of 206 square miles, situated at the southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula, from which it is separated by a narrow strait about three-quarters of a mile in width.... 
