Pulau Senang

Pulau Senang
Name transcription(s)
• Chinese	安乐岛
• Pinyin	Ānlè Dǎo
• Malay	Pulau Senang
• Tamil	புலாவ் செனாங்
Pulau Senang Location of Pulau Senang within Singapore
Coordinates: 1°10′14″N 103°44′10″E / 1.17056°N 103.73611°E / 1.17056; 103.73611
Country	Singapore
Area
• Total	81.7 ha (201.9 acres)
Population
• Total	0

Pulau Senang is an 81.7-hectare (202-acre) coral island in the Republic of Singapore, located about 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) off the southern coast of Singapore Island. Along with Pulau Pawai to the north-west and Pulau Sudong, further north from Pulau Pawai, it is used as a military training area for live-fire exercises carried out by the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).

Pulau Senang is best known in the history of Singapore as the location of a former experimental offshore penal settlement. It failed after only three years, following an infamous riot against the small unit of prison authorities (no more than 10) which broke out in 1963, resulting in the death of four officers, including the prison chief.