High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Straits of Johor (also known as the Tebrau Strait, Johor Strait, Selat Johor, Selat Tebrau, and Tebrau Reach) is a strait that separates the Malaysian state of Johor to the north from Singapore to the south. The Straits of Johor is the location of two Victoria Cross deeds. The award was for Lieutenant Ian Edward Fraser and Acting Leading Seaman James Joseph Magennis for the sinking of the 9,850-tonne Japanese cruiser Takao on 31 July 1945. There are currently two man-made land connections over the straits. The Johor-Singapore Causeway, known simply as "The Causeway", links Johor Bahru and Woodlands in Singapore, while a bridge, known as the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link, further west of the straits links Gelang Patah in Johor and Tuas in Singapore.