Wa Kyun
Island in Mon, Myanmar
15°12′N 97°43′E / 15.200°N 97.717°E / 15.200; 97.717Wa Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma. This 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long island is located in the midst of a shoal or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of 135 metres (443 ft).
Geography
Wa Kyun is in the center of a chain of small coastal islands that lie off the mouth of the Ye River. The island of Kokunye Kyun is located 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) to the north of Wa Kyun.[1]
Nearby islands
There are three smaller islands located on the same shoal as Wa Kyun:
- Hngetpiaw Kyun 15°11′N 97°43′E / 15.183°N 97.717°E / 15.183; 97.717, 0.3 km in length narrow and thickly wooded islet, 46 m high, located 1.6 km to the SW of Wa Kyun
- Nat Kyun 15°12′N 97°44′E / 15.200°N 97.733°E / 15.200; 97.733, 1.15 km long island, 135 m high, located 2 km to the south of Wa Kyun
- Kyettaik Kyun 15°10′N 97°45′E / 15.167°N 97.750°E / 15.167; 97.750, very small 24 m high islet, 0.5 km in diameter, located 2 km to the southeast of Nat Kyun
See also
References
- ^ Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency
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Islands of Myanmar (Burma)
- Apaw-ye Kyun
- Be-in Kyun
- Bilu Island
- Calventuras Islands
- Cheduba
- Coco Islands
- Da-that Island
- Diamond Island
- Double Island
- Gaungze Kyun
- Gaw Yin Gyi Island
- Gwa Kyun
- Kaingthaung Island
- Kalegauk Island
- Kokunye Kyun
- Kyungyi Island
- Hainggyi Island
- Maday Island
- Magyi Island
- Moscos Islands
- Myingun Island
- Myingyi Kyun
- Nantha Kyun
- Ongyun
- Pazin Kyun
- Polaunggyi Kyun
- Pontamau
- Preparis
- Ramree Island
- Thin-bon Kyun
- Unguan
- Wa Kyun
- Zalat Taung
- Mergui Archipelago
- Auriol Island
- Bentinck Kyun
- Christie Island
- Daung Kyun
- Kabosa Island
- Kadan Kyun
- Kanmaw Kyun
- Lamin Island
- Lanbi Kyun
- Letsok-aw Kyun
- Mali Kyun
- Money Island
- Sabi Island
- Saganthit Kyun
- Tenasserim Island
- Thahtay Kyun
- Than Kyun
- Thayawthadangyi
- Zadetkyi
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