# Perak Island

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{{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](/source/States_and_federal_territories_of_Malaysia)
| country_admin_divisions = {{flag|Kedah}}
| image_name         = 
| location           = [Strait of Malacca](/source/Strait_of_Malacca)
| country_admin_divisions_1 = [Yan](/source/Yan_District)
| country_admin_divisions_title_1 = [District](/source/List_of_districts_in_Malaysia)
| country_admin_divisions_title_2 = Mukim
| country_admin_divisions_2 = [Yan](/source/Yan%2C_Kedah)
| waterbody          = 
| image_map          = 
| name               = Perak Island
| native_name        = ''{{lang|ms|Pulau Perak}}''
}}
'''Perak Island''' ({{langx|ms|Pulau Perak}}, [Jawi](/source/Jawi_script): ڤولاو ڤيراق) is a small rocky island which constitutes the [westernmost extremity](/source/Extreme_points_of_Malaysia) of [Malaysia](/source/Malaysia)n territory. Its diameter is around 200 meters. The island is a sandstone rock that rises from the [Strait of Malacca](/source/Strait_of_Malacca). It has a steep cliff with a height of more than 100m.

Perak Island is part of the Malaysian [state](/source/States_of_Malaysia) of [Kedah](/source/Kedah), administered under [Yan District](/source/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](/source/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](/source/The_Star_(Malaysia))|accessdate=23 November 2009|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The island is 158 km northwest of [Penang](/source/Penang), the nearest metropolitan area.

In March 2014, [Malaysia Airlines Flight 370](/source/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](/source/Sallehuddin_of_Kedah) declared Perak Island as the new reference point for Islamic Calendar calculation, replacing Tanjung Chinchin in [Langkawi](/source/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>

==References==
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{{Geography of Kedah}}
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Category:Islands of Kedah
Category:Islands of the Strait of Malacca

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