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Kadan Island () is the largest island in the Mergui Archipelago,
Myanmar Myanmar, officially the Republic of the Union of Myanmar; and also referred to as Burma (the official English name until 1989), is a country in northwest Southeast Asia. It is the largest country by area in Mainland Southeast Asia and has ...
. Its area is . The highest point is French Bay Peak (),"Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Mergui, ND 47-14"
U.S. Army Map Service, August 1962
which is the highest point in the archipelago.


Etymology

Under the British, the island was known as King Island, King's Island, and later as Kadan Kyun or Kadan Island, based on the local pronunciation.


Communities

Among the communities on Kadan Island are Gyindaungchaung, Kabingyaung, Kapa, Kyataw, Mayanchaung, Tharawuntaungnge and Yemyitkyi."Yemyitkyi Map — Satellite Images of Yemyitkyi"
Maplandia World Gazetteer


See also

* List of islands of Burma


Notes

Mergui Archipelago {{Myanmar-geo-stub