The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from what Indonesian island?
Malay Peninsula Peninsula's narrowest point) into the Malay Peninsula. The Strait of Malacca separates the Malay Peninsula from the Indonesian island of Sumatra while the south coast is separated from the island of Singapore by the Straits of Johor. The Malay term "Tanah Melayu" is derived from the word "Tanah" (land) and "Melayu" (Malays), thus it means "the Malay land". The term can be found in various Malay texts, of which the oldest dating back to the early 17th century. It is frequently mentioned in the "Hikayat Hang Tuah", a well known classical work that began as oral tales associated with the
Singapore Strait of Singapore Island, Johore Shoal and the Southeastern coast of the Malay Peninsula. "On the South." A line joining Klein Karimoen to Pulo Pemping Besar () thence along the Northern coasts of Batam and Bintan Islands to Pulo Koko. Pilot guides and charts of the Malacca and Singapore straits have been published for a considerable time due to the nature of the straits Singapore Strait The Singapore Strait (; Malay and Indonesian: "Selat Singapura") is a 105-kilometer long, 16-kilometer wide strait between the Strait of Malacca in the west and the Karimata Strait in the east. Singapore is on the