Penyengat island or islands in the title Penyengat Inderasakti historical sources, is a small island located approximately 6 km from the town of Tanjung Pinang, Riau Islands Province of central government. This island measuring approximately 2500 meters x 750 meters, and is approximately 35 km from Pulau Batam. This island can be addressed by using a boat or better known bot bot pompong. By using a bot pompong, requiring travel time approximately 15 minutes.
Penyengat Island is one of the attractions in the Riau Islands. One of the objects we can see is the Great Mosque of Sultan Riau made from egg whites, the tombs of the king, the tomb of the national hero Raja Ali Haji, Office and Palace complex in Bukit Chair defenses.
In the 18th century, Raja Haji to build a fort on the island Penyengat, the fortress is precisely located in Bukit Chair, there are placed some cannon as the base defense Bintan He ruled region in 1804 his wife Hamida King. His son then ruled the Riau islands of Pulau Penyengat. Meanwhile, his brother’s reign on the island of Linga in the south and founded the Linga-Riau Sultanate.
