Bukit Timah, South Summit
Bukit Timah, South Summit
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View of the South Summit of Bukit Timah from Hinhede Quarry Lake. (2020-12-17).
Height: 146.6 m [1:10000 survey map ,1970]. Saddle point with East Summit at 135.5 m [Contour lines from the 1:10000 survey map, 1970].
Location: 1°21'07.0"N 103°46'37.6"E
Route(s) to Summit: Being within the Telecoms compound, the South summit is off-limit to the public. You can only get to the guarded gate of the compound. This gate can be reached by taking the road that branches off from the Main Road at Simpang Hut.
History: According to [1], the South Summit had a Bungalow perched on it since at least 1878. Presumably, the bungalow was later replaced/built over in the 1950s with the construction of the radio masts which eventually became the Very High Frequency (VHF) radio transmission station and tower complex today.
References:
[1] G.W.H. Davison, and P.T. Chew, Gardens’ Bulletin Singapore 71(Suppl. 1):19-40. 2019.
Picture Gallery:
The gate of the VHF radio transmission station and tower complex. The South Summit may be where the large white building in the background is sitting on. (photo taken 17-12-2020).
The South Summit, with its presumed height marked as 481 ft (146.6 m). Extracted from 'Singapore Instrumental Plot - Sheet H14 [1:2,500 Topographical Map] (Produced by Fairey Surveys Ltd. for the Government of Singapore, Singapore, 1970). Retrieved from National Archives of Singapore.
The South Summit. The exposed rock face of the Hindhede Quarry can be seen (Photo taken from Toh Yi Estate, 2020-12-29).
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