{{Short description|Island of Malaysia}} {{EngvarB|date=June 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}} {{Infobox islands | area_km2 = 0.12 | coordinates = {{Coord|5|40|50|N|98|56|27|E|type:isle_region:MY|display=inline,title}} | country = {{flag|Malaysia}} | country_admin_divisions_title = State | country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Kedah}} | image_name = | location = Strait of Malacca | country_admin_divisions_1 = Yan | country_admin_divisions_title_1 = District | country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Mukim | country_admin_divisions_2 = Yan | waterbody = | image_map = | name = Perak Island | native_name = ''{{lang|ms|Pulau Perak}}'' }} '''Perak Island''' ({{langx|ms|Pulau Perak}}, Jawi: ڤولاو ڤيراق) is a small rocky island which constitutes the westernmost extremity of Malaysian territory. Its diameter is around 200 meters. The island is a sandstone rock that rises from the Strait of Malacca. It has a steep cliff with a height of more than 100m.
Perak Island is part of the Malaysian state of Kedah, administered under Yan District.<ref>{{cite web |title=APLIKASI CARIAN KOD DAN NAMA SEMPADAN PENTADBIRAN TANAH (UPI) |url=https://mygos.mygeoportal.gov.my/upi/ |access-date=26 August 2023}}</ref> It is expected to be designated as a marine protected area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=/2004/7/27/features/8489603&sec=features|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040815170436/http://thestar.com.my/lifestyle/story.asp?file=%2F2004%2F7%2F27%2Ffeatures%2F8489603&sec=features|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 August 2004|title=Researching the straits|date=27 July 2004|work=The Star|accessdate=23 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The island is 158 km northwest of Penang, the nearest metropolitan area.
In March 2014, Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 disappeared off the Malaysian radar near the island.<ref>{{cite news|title=Malaysia Airlines MH370: Plane 'changed course'|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-26527439|accessdate=11 March 2014|publisher=BBC|date=11 March 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10687223/Malaysia-Airlines-MH370-plane-crash-live.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140311130355/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/malaysia/10687223/Malaysia-Airlines-MH370-plane-crash-live.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2014|title=Malaysia Airlines live: military denies report they tracked plane hundreds of miles off course|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=11 March 2014}}</ref>
On 25 July 2022, Sultan Sallehuddin of Kedah declared Perak Island as the new reference point for Islamic Calendar calculation, replacing Tanjung Chinchin in Langkawi.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.islam.gov.my/en/berita/3260-majlis-perasmian-pengisytiharan-pulau-perak-sebagai-titik-rujukan-paling-barat-malaysia-bagi-hitungan-kalendar-islam-pelancaran-bulan-falak-malaysia|title=Majlis Perasimian Pengisytiharan Pulau Perak Sebagai Titik Rujukan Paling Barat Malaysia Bagi Hitungan Kalendar Islam}}</ref>
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{{Geography of Kedah}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Islands of Kedah Category:Islands of the Strait of Malacca
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