<Dd> On the West . A line joining Pedropunt, the Northernmost point of Sumatra (5 ° 40 ′ N 95 ° 26 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 5.667 ° N 95.433 ° E ﻿ / 5.667; 95.433) and Lem Voalan the Southern extremity of Goh Puket (Phuket Island) in Siam (Thailand) (7 ° 45 ′ N 98 ° 18 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 7.750 ° N 98.300 ° E ﻿ / 7.750; 98.300). </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> On the East . A line joining Tanjong Piai (Bulus), the Southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula (1 ° 16 ′ N 103 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.267 ° N 103.517 ° E ﻿ / 1.267; 103.517) and The Brothers (1 ° 11.5 ′ N 103 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.1917 ° N 103.350 ° E ﻿ / 1.1917; 103.350) and thence to Klein Karimoen (1 ° 10 ′ N 103 ° 23.5 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.167 ° N 103.3917 ° E ﻿ / 1.167; 103.3917). </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> </Dl> <Dd> <Dl> <Dd> On the East . A line joining Tanjong Piai (Bulus), the Southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula (1 ° 16 ′ N 103 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.267 ° N 103.517 ° E ﻿ / 1.267; 103.517) and The Brothers (1 ° 11.5 ′ N 103 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.1917 ° N 103.350 ° E ﻿ / 1.1917; 103.350) and thence to Klein Karimoen (1 ° 10 ′ N 103 ° 23.5 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.167 ° N 103.3917 ° E ﻿ / 1.167; 103.3917). </Dd> </Dl> </Dd> <Dl> <Dd> On the East . A line joining Tanjong Piai (Bulus), the Southern extremity of the Malay Peninsula (1 ° 16 ′ N 103 ° 31 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.267 ° N 103.517 ° E ﻿ / 1.267; 103.517) and The Brothers (1 ° 11.5 ′ N 103 ° 21 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.1917 ° N 103.350 ° E ﻿ / 1.1917; 103.350) and thence to Klein Karimoen (1 ° 10 ′ N 103 ° 23.5 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 1.167 ° N 103.3917 ° E ﻿ / 1.167; 103.3917). </Dd> </Dl>

The strait of melaka connects the south china sea with the