Frog Island (Pulau Sekudu), SingaporeTteckK, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Frog Island (GPS: 1.40481, 103.98872) is a rocky islet also known as
Pulau Sekudu. It is located off
Chek Jawa on the south coast of
Pulau Ubin, across from the Serangoon Harbour at
Changi. According to local folklore, once three animals challenged each other to swim across the channel from
Singapore to
Johor. The three were a pig, an elephant and a frog. All three failed to reach the other side. The frog was turned into Frog Island, while the pig and the elephant became Pulau Ubin.