Pulau Tekong , Singapore

Pulau Tekong, Singapore

Pulau Tekong (GPS: 1.41726, 104.05477) is the second biggest island off Singapore after the man-made Jurong Island. Measuring 24.43 sq km, it is located off the northeastern coast of Singapore, to the west of Tanjung Pengelih in Malaysia.

The name "tekong" means "obstacle" in Malay. This is because the island appears to block the mouth of the Johor River. It used to have villages populated by Chinese farmers and fishermen of Teochew and Hakka dialect groups. The island is still heavily forested.

On 29 May, 1990, a family of three Asian elephants were spotted off Pulau Tekong, swimming in the Straits of Johor. A collaboration between the Singapore Zoo and the Malaysian Wildlife Department managed to capture the elephants and return them to the wild in the jungles of Johor.

Today Pulau Tekong is used as a military training centre by the Singapore Army, and is therefore restricted from casual visitors.

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