Tanjung Pengelih is a small town in
Pengerang
Pengerang is a municipality in Kota Tinggi District, in the Malaysian state of Johor. It was established in 2017. It is home to the Pengerang Integrated Petroleum Complex (PIPC), the largest petrochemical complex in Malaysia, and one of the m ...
,
Kota Tinggi District
Kota Tinggi District is a district in the Malaysian state of Johor. It is the largest district in the state with an area of . The population was 222,382 in 2020. The principal town is Kota Tinggi.
Geography
The district has an area of 3,482&n ...
,
Johor
Johor, also spelled Johore,'' is a States and federal territories of Malaysia, state of Malaysia in the south of the Malay Peninsula. It borders with Pahang, Malacca and Negeri Sembilan to the north. Johor has maritime borders with Singapore ...
,
Malaysia
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. The Tanjung Pengelih historical British Military Operation Centre fortress during
World War II
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is located here. The
Royal Malaysian Naval Academy (PULAREK TLDM) is also in Tanjung Pengelih.
Tanjung Pengelih is also the location of one of Pengerang's two passenger ferry terminals. Operating only on weekends and Fridays, it hosts fast ferry services from the
Singapore
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ports of
Changi Point
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and
Tanah Merah, as well as
Batam
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on the
Indonesia
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n
Riau Islands
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.
References
Kota Tinggi District
Towns in Johor
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