Extreme points of Singapore
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This is a list of the extreme points of Singapore, the points that are farther north, south, east, or west than any other location in the country. Also included are extreme points in elevation. Both the extreme points for the main island (Pulau Ujong
) and the outlying islands of Singapore
are indicated.
One method is to use the Prime Meridian
as the dividing line between east and west. This meridian running through Greenwich, London, is defined as 0 degrees longitude
and could be called the least eastern and least western place in the world. The 180th meridian
, on the opposite side of the globe, is therefore the easternmost and westernmost place in the world.
Another method is to use the International Date Line
as the easternmost–westernmost extreme. On the equinox
, the easternmost place would be where the day first begins, and the westernmost is where the day last ends.
Pulau Ujong
Pulau Ujong or Singapore Island is the main island of the island country of Singapore. It forms the majority of the island country in terms of area and population...
) and the outlying islands of Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
are indicated.
Northernmost
- Wak Hassan Beach at Sembawang ParkSembawang ParkSembawang Park is a 15 hectare park situated in Sembawang, in the north of Singapore facing the Straits of Johor overlooking Malaysia. It is located at the end of Sembawang Road, where the former Sembawang Road End Bus Terminal is.-History:...
, SembawangSembawangSembawang is an area in the Northern-most portion of Singapore, encompassing the largest land mass within the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency. The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Sembawang Constituency is Khaw Boon Wan. The constituency jurisdiction extends into the Woodlands...
(1°28' N) — northernmost point in SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the... - SembawangSembawangSembawang is an area in the Northern-most portion of Singapore, encompassing the largest land mass within the Sembawang Group Representation Constituency. The incumbent Member of Parliament for the Sembawang Constituency is Khaw Boon Wan. The constituency jurisdiction extends into the Woodlands...
— northernmost residential area in Singapore - Sembawang MRT StationSembawang MRT StationSembawang MRT Station is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore, and the northernmost MRT Station of the North South Line and part of the Woodlands Extension. It is sited in Sembawang, a residential area which is just over 6 years old and still undergoing development. The first level...
— northernmost MRT Station - Lim Chu Kang Bus TerminalLim Chu Kang Bus TerminalLim Chu Kang Bus Terminal is a simple bus stop located at the end of Lim Chu Kang Road as a terminating point, it is just a few parking lots for buses and a bus stop. It is meant to serve the people working in Lim Chu Kang areas....
— northernmost bus terminus - Kranji ReservoirKranji ReservoirKranji Reservoir is a reservoir in the northern part of Singapore, near the Straits of Johor was a former freshwater river that flowed out into the sea that dammed at its mouth to form a freshwater reservoir. It can also be classified as an estuary...
— northernmost reservoir - SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
— northernmost island in Singapore - Pulau Sarimbun — northernmost island outside the main island
- Simpang Kiri — northernmost river/stream in Singapore
Southernmost
- Pulau SatumuPulau SatumuPulau Satumu is a small island to the south of the main Singapore island, and the southernmost island of Singapore. The Raffles Lighthouse is located on the island. The island's name means "One Tree" in the Malay Language....
— southernmost point/island in Singapore - HarbourFrontHarbourFrontHarbourFront is a district situated in southern Singapore, within the Bukit Merah Planning Area. Harbourfront is also the gateway to Sentosa....
— southernmost point of the main island - Sentosa CoveSentosa CoveSentosa Cove is a residential enclave in the East of Sentosa Island in Singapore, eventually housing about 2,500 units when fully developed. Largely made-up of reclaimed land, it is being marketed as a "exclusive oceanfront residential community" and the "only true seafront residential property"...
— southernmost residential area in Singapore - HarbourFront MRT StationHarbourFront MRT StationHarbourFront MRT Station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit interchange of the North East Line and the Circle Line in Singapore. It is located in the south of Singapore next to the HarbourFront Centre, previously known as the Singapore World Trade Centre. It serves as a terminal station of the...
— southernmost MRT Station in Singapore - Jurong Island Bus TerminalJurong Island Bus TerminalJurong Island Bus Terminal is a bus terminal on the southwest of Jurong Island, Singapore, serving the only form of public transport on the offshore island off the southwest coast of the main island...
— southernmost bus terminus in Singapore - HarbourFront Bus InterchangeHarbourFront Bus InterchangeThe HarbourFront Bus Interchange is located at Seah Im Road by the HarbourFront MRT Station. It was formerly known as the World Trade Centre Bus Terminal and is operated by SBS Transit though there are as many SMRT bus services as there are SBS Transit bus services.Two shopping malls are near...
— southernmost bus terminus on the main island - Marina ReservoirMarina ReservoirThe Marina Reservoir is a reservoir in Marina Bay, Singapore formed in 2008 from the damming of the mouth of the Kallang Basin. With the completion of the Marina Barrage on October 30 2008, the reservoir, which contained mainly salt water, became freshwater and started operations at 7 pm on...
— southernmost reservoir in Singapore - Singapore RiverSingapore RiverThe Singapore River is a river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean...
— southernmost river/stream in Singapore
Easternmost
- Pedra Branca — easternmost island/point in Singapore
- ChangiChangiChangi is an area at the eastern end of Singapore. It is now the site of Singapore Changi Airport/Changi Air Base, Changi Naval Base and is also home to Changi Prison, site of the former Japanese Prisoner of War Camp during World War II which held Allied prisoners captured in Singapore and Malaysia...
— easternmost point on the main island - Changi VillageChangi VillageChangi Village is a modern village at the north-eastern end of Singapore. The Government of Singapore has pledged in 2005 that they would try to revive the "ghost town".-Hotel:...
— easternmost residential area in Singapore - Changi Airport MRT StationChangi Airport MRT StationChangi Airport MRT Station was opened on 8 February 2002 as one of the terminal Mass Rapid Transit stations for the East West Line, and located in between Singapore Changi Airport's Terminal 2 and Terminal 3. This is one of the four MRT stations that have fare gates on the same level as the...
— easternmost MRT Station in Singapore - Changi Airport PTB 1, 2 and 3 Bus Terminal — easternmost bus terminus in Singapore
- Changi Creek ReservoirChangi Creek ReservoirChangi Creek Reservoir is a small service reservoir located to the north of Singapore Changi Airport in Singapore. The reservoir supplements and provides backup water supply for the airport. It was formed by damming the headwaters of a small river, Changi Creek, which empties into Sungei Changi and...
— easternmost reservoir in Singapore - Sungei Changi — southernmost river/stream in Singapore
Westernmost
- TuasTuasTuas is largely an industrial zone located in the western part of Singapore. The Tuas Planning Area is located within the West Region, and is bounded by Tengeh Reservoir to the north, Strait of Johor to the west, Straits of Singapore to the south, and the Pan Island Expressway to the east.It is...
— westernmost point/island in Singapore - Jurong WestJurong WestJurong West is a neighbourhood in Singapore, bounded by the Pan Island Expressway, the eastern edge of Jurong Camp, Boon Lay Way, Corporation Road, Fourth Chin Bee Road, International Road, Corporation Road, Ayer Rajah Expressway, Yuan Ching Road, Boon Lay Way, and along a Canal leading into Jurong...
— westernmost residential area in Singapore - SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
— westernmost island in Singapore - Joo Koon MRT StationJoo Koon MRT StationJoo Koon MRT Station ' is an elevated Mass Rapid Transit station along the East West Line in Jurong and also the western terminus for the line....
— westernmost MRT Station in Singapore - Tuas Bus TerminalTuas Bus TerminalTuas Bus Terminal is a bus station located in Tuas at the western part of Singapore. Operated by SBS Transit, this terminal serves industrial workers at Jurong Industrial Estate and Tuas Industrial Estate from Boon Lay Bus Interchange....
— westernmost bus terminus in Singapore - Tengeh ReservoirTengeh ReservoirTengeh Reservoir is one of the four reservoirs in the Western Water Catchment of Singapore.This reservoir was formerly a river, Sungei Tengeh, which emptied into the Straits of Johor and was dammed to become a reservoir....
— westernmost reservoir in Singapore - Sungei Ulu Pandan — westernmost river/stream in Singapore
Extremes in elevation
- Bukit TimahBukit TimahBukit Timah is an area in Singapore and a hill in that area. Bukit Timah is located near the centre of the Singapore main island. The hill stands at an altitude of 163.63 metres and is the highest point in the city-state of Singapore...
(about 163 metres (534.8 ft)) — highest point in Singapore - Singapore StraitSingapore StraitThe Singapore Strait is a 105-kilometer long, 16-kilometer wide strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the South China Sea in the east. Singapore is on the north of the channel and the Riau Islands are on the south...
, Strait of Johor (0 metres/sea level) — lowest point in Singapore
Other
- Geographic center of SingaporeSingaporeSingapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
island: approximately the midway of the Macritchie ReservoirMacRitchie ReservoirMacRitchie Reservoir is Singapore's oldest reservoir. The reservoir was completed in 1868 by impounding water from an earth embankment, and was then known as the Impounding Reservoir or Thomson Reservoir....
and the Upper Peirce ReservoirUpper Peirce ReservoirUpper Peirce Reservoir is Singapore's second reservoir. The 6-hectare Upper Peirce Reservoir Park overlooks the Upper Peirce Reservoir.-History:... - Closest point to the equatorEquatorAn equator is the intersection of a sphere's surface with the plane perpendicular to the sphere's axis of rotation and containing the sphere's center of mass....
: Pulau SenangPulau SenangPulau Senang is a 81.7-hectare coral island about 13 kilometres off the southern coast of Singapore. Along with Pulau Pawai and Pulau Sudong, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises...
, 137 kilometres (85.1 mi) from the equator
Interpretation of easternmost and westernmost
There are two methods for reckoning the eastern and western extremes of Singapore.One method is to use the Prime Meridian
Prime Meridian
The Prime Meridian is the meridian at which the longitude is defined to be 0°.The Prime Meridian and its opposite the 180th meridian , which the International Date Line generally follows, form a great circle that divides the Earth into the Eastern and Western Hemispheres.An international...
as the dividing line between east and west. This meridian running through Greenwich, London, is defined as 0 degrees longitude
Longitude
Longitude is a geographic coordinate that specifies the east-west position of a point on the Earth's surface. It is an angular measurement, usually expressed in degrees, minutes and seconds, and denoted by the Greek letter lambda ....
and could be called the least eastern and least western place in the world. The 180th meridian
180th meridian
The 180th meridian or antimeridian is the meridian which is 180° east or west of the Prime Meridian passing through the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. It is common to both east longitude and west longitude. It is used as the basis for the International Date Line because it for the most part passes...
, on the opposite side of the globe, is therefore the easternmost and westernmost place in the world.
Another method is to use the International Date Line
International Date Line
The International Date Line is a generally north-south imaginary line on the surface of the Earth, passing through the middle of the Pacific Ocean, that designates the place where each calendar day begins...
as the easternmost–westernmost extreme. On the equinox
Equinox
An equinox occurs twice a year, when the tilt of the Earth's axis is inclined neither away from nor towards the Sun, the center of the Sun being in the same plane as the Earth's equator...
, the easternmost place would be where the day first begins, and the westernmost is where the day last ends.