Pulau Tengah, Johor
Pulau Tengah is one of a cluster of island in the Seribuat Archipelago. Part of the Johor Marine Park, Pulau Tengah is the middle island of the Pulau Babi cluster that includes Pulau Besar, Pulau Tengah and Pulau Hujung. It is approximately 20 km off the coast of Mersing.
As with a few other islands in the archipelago, Pulau Tengah was a Vietnamese refugee camp in the mid 1970's. Today it is a quiet island where leatherback turtles are returning to lay eggs. This takes place around the month of July every year.
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