Western Singapore Strait

The western Singapore Strait joins the Strait of Malacca to the waters south of Singapore. Islands and narrow channels mark the approach to the Singapore River, where the settlement of Temasek prospered in the fourteenth century. The Chinese traveller Wang Dayuan described a place called Longyamen, commonly identified with the western entrance to Keppel Harbour, and recorded Chinese residents living alongside local people. Finds beside the Singapore River show links with other communities across maritime Southeast Asia.