Raffles Lighthouse

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Coordinates: 1°09′33″N, 103°44′27″E

Raffles Lighthouse is located on Pulau Satumu, indicated by the arrow, south of Singapore.

Raffles Lighthouse (Chinese: 莱佛士灯塔; Malay: Rumah Api Raffles) is a lighthouse located in the Straits of Singapore, about 14 kilometres south of the main island of Singapore.

The Raffles Lighthouse was first mooted in 1833, but the foundation stone was only laid in 1854 when William J. Butterworth was the Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1843 to 1855. The stones on which Raffles Lighthouse stands come from the granite quarries on Pulau Ubin. The lighthouse was named after Sir Stamford Raffles, the founder of modern Singapore in 1819.

The lighthouse was erected on a 1.3-hectare rocky island called Pulau Satumu, the southernmost off-shore island of Singapore. Pulau Satumu means "one tree island" — sa refers to satu (one) and tumu is the Malay name for the large mangrove tree, Bruguiera confugata.

The lighthouse comprises a 29 metre tall white round tower structure with a lamp that can emit three white flashes every 20 seconds, visible for 20 nautical miles (37 km).

The southernmost of the Western Islands, Singapore. Panoramic view of Pulau Satumu (Raffles Lighthouse), Pulau Biola, Pulau Senang, Pulau Pawai and Pulau Sudong, from Pulau Semakau.

[edit] See also

• Horsburgh Lighthouse
• History of Singapore

[edit] Reference

• Victor R Savage, Brenda S A Yeoh (2003), Toponymics - A Study of Singapore Street Names, Eastern Universities Press, ISBN 981-210-205-1

[edit] External links

• Satellite image of Raffles Lighthouse and Pulau Satumu

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