Dinding Islands

E177324

The Dinding Islands are a small group of islands off the west coast of the Malay Peninsula, historically administered as part of the British colonial Straits Settlements.

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Dinding Islands canonical 1

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf island group
borderedBy Andaman Sea via Strait of Malacca
colonialEra British Malaya
country Malaysia
formerAdministrativeDivisionOf Straits Settlements
formerColonyOf United Kingdom
hasClimate tropical climate
hasCoastType rocky shores
sandy beaches
hasEconomicActivity resort tourism
small-scale fisheries
hasHistoricalRole part of British colonial maritime network in Malacca Strait
hasNearbyPort Lumut Port
surface form: Lumut Naval Base
hasNearbyTown Lumut
Sitiawan
hasPart Pangkor Island
surface form: Pangkor Laut

Pulau Batu Hitam
Pulau Mentagor
surface form: Pulau Buluh

Pulau Giam
Pulau Kecil
Pulau Mentagor
Pulau Nipah
Pangkor Island
surface form: Pulau Pangkor Laut

Pulau Mentagor
surface form: Pulau Pelandok
hasVegetationType tropical rainforest
historicallyAdministeredBy British Empire
Straits Settlements
locatedIn Strait of Malacca
surface form: Straits of Malacca

west coast of the Malay Peninsula
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Manjung District
Perak
locatedInBodyOfWater Strait of Malacca
surface form: Malacca Strait
locatedInFormerEntity Federated Malay States
surface form: Federated Malay States region
locatedInRegion Malay Peninsula
surface form: Peninsular Malaysia

Malaysia
surface form: West Malaysia
locatedInTimeZone Malaysia Time
locatedNear Lumut
Pangkor Island
locatedOn Indian Ocean rim
partOf Malay Peninsula coastal archipelagos
Perak
surface form: Perak state

coastal islands of Perak
sovereignState Malaysia
usedFor fishing
maritime activities
tourism
UTCOffset +8

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Straits Settlements contains Dinding Islands