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Singapore Geography = Geography of Singapore.
Abandoned airfield - Singapore Highway Strip Bedok
Administrative division - South East - an administrative division of a country, undifferentiated as to administrative level.
Administrative facility - City Hall Singapore - a government building.
Airfield - Seletar Airport - a place on land where aircraft land and take off, no facilities provided for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
Airport - Tengah Air Base - a place where aircraft regularly land and take off, with runways, navigational aids, and major facilities for the commercial handling of passengers and cargo.
Amusement park - Universal Studios Singapore - Amusement Park are theme parks, adventure parks offering entertainment, similar to funfairs but with a fix location.
Anchorage - Man of War Anchorage - an area where vessels may anchor.
Aqueduct - Public Utilities Board Pipeline - a conduit used to carry water.
Area - Chinatown Singapore - a tract of land without homogeneous character or boundaries.
Bank(s) - Fisherman Bank - an elevation, typically located on a shelf, over which the depth of water is relatively shallow but sufficient for most surface navigation.
Bay - Blangah Bay West - a coastal indentation between two capes or headlands, larger than a cove but smaller than a gulf.
Beach - Changi Beach - a shore zone of coarse unconsolidated sediment that extends from the low-water line to the highest reach of storm waves.
Beacon - Cyrene Lighted Buoy historical - a fixed artificial navigation mark.
Bight(s) - Telok Serong - an open body of water forming a slight recession in a coastline.
Breakwater - Singapore Breakwater historical - a structure erected to break the force of waves at the entrance to a harbor or port.
Brewery - Asia Pacific Breweries - one or more buildings where beer is brewed.
Bridge - Kandang Kerbau Bridge - a structure erected across an obstacle such as a stream, road, etc., in order to carry roads, railroads, and pedestrians across.
Building(s) - Singapore Science Centre - a structure built for permanent use, as a house, factory, etc..
Business center - Marina Centre - a place where a number of businesses are located.
Canal - Sungai Bedok - an artificial watercourse.
Canalized stream - Sungai Whampoa - a stream that has been substantially ditched, diked, or straightened.
Cape - Tanjong Rhu - a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
Capital of a political entity - Singapore
Causeway - Johore Causeway - a raised roadway across wet ground or shallow water.
Channel - West Reach - the deepest part of a stream, bay, lagoon, or strait, through which the main current flows.
Church - Saint Andrews Cathedral - a building for public Christian worship.
College - Nanyang University - the grounds and buildings of an institution of higher learning.
Community center - Jurong Sports Complex - a facility for community recreation and other activities.
Cove(s) - Sungai Sarimbun - a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay.
Dam - Kranji Dam - a barrier constructed across a stream to impound water.
Dike - Poyan Dyke - an earth or stone embankment usually constructed for flood or stream control.
Ditch - Parit Pengkalan Pakau - a small artificial watercourse dug for draining or irrigating the land.
Dock(s) - Telok Ayer Basin - a waterway between two piers, or cut into the land for the berthing of ships.
Docking basin - Shipyard Road - a part of a harbor where ships dock.
Dockyard - Sembawang Shipyard - a facility for servicing, building, or repairing ships.
Drainage basin - Kallang Basin - an area drained by a stream.
Dry dock - Premier Dry Dock - a dock providing support for a vessel, and means for removing the water so that the bottom of the vessel can be exposed.
Estate(s) - Tai San Estate - a large commercialized agricultural landholding with associated buildings and other facilities.
Facility - Serangoon Sewage Treatment Works - a building or buildings housing a center, institute, foundation, hospital, prison, mission, courthouse, etc..
Ferry - Marina Bay Cruise Centre Singapore - a boat or other floating conveyance and terminal facilities regularly used to transport people and vehicles across a waterbody.
Fort - Fort Canning - a defensive structure or earthworks.
Fuel depot - Mobil Oil Depot - an area where fuel is stored.
Golf course - Serapong Golf Course - a recreation field where golf is played.
Harbor(s) - Serangoon Harbour - a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.
Hill - West Bukit Timah - a rounded elevation of limited extent rising above the surrounding land with local relief of less than 300m.
Historical site - Mount Faber Flagstaff historical - a place of historical importance.
Hospital - Sembawang Hospital - a building in which sick or injured, especially those confined to bed, are medically treated.
Hotel - Pasir Ris Hotel - a building providing lodging and/or meals for the public.
Independent political entity - Republic of Singapore
Industrial area - Ayer Raja Industrial Estate - an area characterized by industrial activity.
Intermittent stream - Sungai Belang
Island - Pulau Unum - a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
Islands - Saint John Islands - tracts of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
Jetty - Tuas Jetty - a structure built out into the water at a river mouth or harbor entrance to regulate currents and silting.
Lagoon - Central Lagoon - a shallow coastal waterbody, completely or partly separated from a larger body of water by a barrier island, coral reef or other depositional feature.
Lake - Jurong Lake - a large inland body of standing water.
Land-tied island - Sentosa Island - a coastal island connected to the mainland by barrier beaches, levees or dikes.
Library - National Library of Singapore - A place in which information resources such as books are kept for reading, reference, or lending..
Lighthouse - Raffles Lighthouse - a distinctive structure exhibiting a major navigation light.
Locality - Siglap - a minor area or place of unspecified or mixed character and indefinite boundaries.
Mall - Compass Point - A large, often enclosed shopping complex containing various stores, businesses, and restaurants usually accessible by common passageways..
Marina - Raffles Marina - a harbor facility for small boats, yachts, etc..
Marine channel - South Channel - that part of a body of water deep enough for navigation through an area otherwise not suitable.
Metro station - Yio Chu Kang MRT Station - metro station (Underground, Tube, or Metro).
Military installation - Singapore Naval Base historical - a facility for use of and control by armed forces.
Monument - Kranji War Memorial - a commemorative structure or statue.
Mountain - Mayang - an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
Museum - Nationalmuseum Singapur - a building where objects of permanent interest in one or more of the arts and sciences are preserved and exhibited.
Narrows - Putri Narrows - a navigable narrow part of a bay, strait, river, etc..
Nature reserve - Bukit Timah Nature Reserve - an area reserved for the maintenance of a natural habitat.
Navigation channel - Southern Fairway - a buoyed channel of sufficient depth for the safe navigation of vessels.
Office building - PolyOne Singapore Pte Ltd - commercial building where business and/or services are conducted.
Oil pipeline terminal - Paktank Terminal - a tank farm or loading facility at the end of an oil pipeline.
Oil refinery - Mobil Oil Refinery - a facility for converting crude oil into refined petroleum products.
Palace - Istana Ayer Gemuruh - a large stately house, often a royal or presidential residence.
Pan - Public Utilities Board Western Catchment Area - a near-level shallow, natural depression or basin, usually containing an intermittent lake, pond, or pool.
Park - Clementi Park - an area, often of forested land, maintained as a place of beauty, or for recreation.
Pier - Clifford Pier - a structure built out into navigable water on piles providing berthing for ships and recreation.
Point - Tanjong Tuas - a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
Police post - Police National Service Headquarters Public Affairs Department - a building in which police are stationed.
Populated locality - Yio Chu Kang Estate - an area similar to a locality but with a small group of dwellings or other buildings.
Populated place - Tanjong Pagar - a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
Port - Tanjong Pagar Terminal - a place provided with terminal and transfer facilities for loading and discharging waterborne cargo or passengers, usually located in a harbor.
Power station - Senoko Power Station - a facility for generating electric power.
Prison - Remand Prison - a facility for confining prisoners.
Quarry(-ies) - Seng Kee Quarry - a surface mine where building stone or gravel and sand, etc. are extracted.
Racetrack - Kranji Racecourse - a track where races are held.
Railroad station - Tanglin Railway Station - a facility comprising ticket office, platforms, etc. for loading and unloading train passengers and freight.
Reef(s) - Terumbu Tukak - a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.
Region - Central Singapore Community Development Council - an area distinguished by one or more observable physical or cultural characteristics.
Reserve - Central Catchment Natural Reserve - a tract of public land reserved for future use or restricted as to use.
Reservoir(s) - Seletar Reservoir - an artificial pond or lake.
Restaurant - Opus Bar Grill - A place where meals are served to the public.
Ridge(s) - Kent Ridge - a long narrow elevation with steep sides, and a more or less continuous crest.
Roadstead - Outer Roads - an open anchorage affording less protection than a harbor.
Rock - Karang Si Ajar - a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.
Rocks - Malang Tiga - conspicuous, isolated rocky masses.
Salt pond - Prawn Pond - a small standing body of salt water often in a marsh or swamp, usually along a seacoast.
Sanatorium - Woodbridge Hospital and Institute of Mental Health - a facility where victims of physical or mental disorders are treated.
School - Gimson School - building(s) where instruction in one or more branches of knowledge takes place.
Section of populated place - Yan Kit
Shoal(s) - Squance Bank - a surface-navigation hazard composed of unconsolidated material.
Shrine - Keramat Nenak - a structure or place memorializing a person or religious concept.
Spit - Felkin Spit - a narrow, straight or curved continuation of a beach into a waterbody.
Store - D9 Cakery - a building where goods and/or services are offered for sale.
Strait - Johore Strait - a relatively narrow waterway, usually narrower and less extensive than a sound, connecting two larger bodies of water.
Stream - Sungai Wan Chi - a body of running water moving to a lower level in a channel on land.
Street - Paya Lebar Cresent - a paved urban thoroughfare.
Tidal creek(s) - Sungai Yuchi - a meandering channel in a coastal wetland subject to bi-directional tidal currents.
Tower - Victoria Clock Tower - a high conspicuous structure, typically much higher than its diameter.
Trail - MacRitchie Nature Trail - a path, track, or route used by pedestrians, animals, or off-road vehicles.
Triangulation station - Yio Chu Kang I - a point on the earth whose position has been determined by triangulation.
University - Nanyang Technological University - An institution for higher learning with teaching and research facilities constituting a graduate school and professional schools that award master's degrees and doctorates and an undergraduate division that awards bachelor's degrees..
Wharf(-ves) - Jurong Wharf - a structure of open rather than solid construction along a shore or a bank which provides berthing for ships and cargo-handling facilities.
Zoo - River Safari - a zoological garden or park where wild animals are kept for exhibition.
Singapore Geography = Geography of Singapore.