Pedra Branca, Singapore
Ta-daaaa.
So now this is ours.
Now Singapore has more land area.
Which is 691.7 sq km + the area of a football field. Great.
But soon enough, Singapore will get a larger surface area due to reclamation.
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Diamond-shaped to tadpole-shaped. I can't wait till we turn into a frog and jump off to somewhere. Hur hur, hur hur, not funny.
Looks NUM to me though. Ooops.
The International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore. Now that we've got sovereignty over the tiny island, we're slightly bigger now!! Hurray!
However, there are two other pieces of land/rocks very near Pedra Branca. Middle Rocks and South Ledge. Middle Rocks is now Malaysia's and South Ledge still has no owner. ICJ stated that South Ledge will belong to whichever country the territorial waters lie in. I don't know.
The funny thing about South Ledge is that you can only see it when the tide is low. Therefore, let's say if South Ledge is ours, then at high tide, Singapore is smaller. At low tide, Singapore is bigger! Hurray!
Do you know?
There are several locations in the world that are named Pedra Branca too. An island by Tasmania in Australia, and also another town in Brazil. And I think some more places.
Pedra Branca refers to 'white rock' in Portuguese. Another name for Pedra Branca is Pulau Batu Putih in Malay. But they spell it as puteh instead of putih.
The International Court of Justice is at The Hague in the Netherlands. I was scratching my head, totally no idea where The Hague is. Den Haag.
So now this is ours.
Now Singapore has more land area.
Which is 691.7 sq km + the area of a football field. Great.
But soon enough, Singapore will get a larger surface area due to reclamation.
BEFORE
AFTER
.jpg)
Diamond-shaped to tadpole-shaped. I can't wait till we turn into a frog and jump off to somewhere. Hur hur, hur hur, not funny.
Looks NUM to me though. Ooops.
The International Court of Justice ruled that Pedra Branca belongs to Singapore. Now that we've got sovereignty over the tiny island, we're slightly bigger now!! Hurray!
However, there are two other pieces of land/rocks very near Pedra Branca. Middle Rocks and South Ledge. Middle Rocks is now Malaysia's and South Ledge still has no owner. ICJ stated that South Ledge will belong to whichever country the territorial waters lie in. I don't know.
The funny thing about South Ledge is that you can only see it when the tide is low. Therefore, let's say if South Ledge is ours, then at high tide, Singapore is smaller. At low tide, Singapore is bigger! Hurray!
Do you know?
There are several locations in the world that are named Pedra Branca too. An island by Tasmania in Australia, and also another town in Brazil. And I think some more places.
Pedra Branca refers to 'white rock' in Portuguese. Another name for Pedra Branca is Pulau Batu Putih in Malay. But they spell it as puteh instead of putih.
The International Court of Justice is at The Hague in the Netherlands. I was scratching my head, totally no idea where The Hague is. Den Haag.
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