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Koh Seh (Khmer: កោះសេះ, also romanized as ''Kaoh Seh'' and its former French name ''Ile a l'eau'') is a
Cambodia Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. It is bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the north, and Vietnam to the east, and has a coastline ...
n island located in the
Gulf of Thailand The Gulf of Thailand (), historically known as the Gulf of Siam (), is a shallow inlet adjacent to the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. ...
, inside
Ream National Park The Ream National Park (), officially the Preah Sihanouk Ream National Park (), is a national park of Cambodia located from the city of Sihanoukville in the Sihanoukville Municipality of the Sihanoukville Province in southwestern Cambodia. It w ...
,
Sihanoukville province Preah Sihanouk (, UNGEGN: , ALA-LC: , ), also Sihanoukville, is a province (''khaet'') in southwest Cambodia on the Gulf of Thailand. The provincial capital, also called Sihanoukville, is a deep water port city and a steadily growing and div ...
. It lies south of Koh Thmei and around south of the main-land of Sihanoukville's Ream commune. A wide
sound In physics, sound is a vibration that propagates as an acoustic wave through a transmission medium such as a gas, liquid or solid. In human physiology and psychology, sound is the ''reception'' of such waves and their ''perception'' by the br ...
separates it from
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. "Koh Seh" means Horse Island. Less than 400 meters south-west of Koh Seh lies the tiny islet of Koh Ky. Koh Seh is uninhabited while most of its shores are fringed with
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. The island constitutes the south-easternmost part of
Ream National Park The Ream National Park (), officially the Preah Sihanouk Ream National Park (), is a national park of Cambodia located from the city of Sihanoukville in the Sihanoukville Municipality of the Sihanoukville Province in southwestern Cambodia. It w ...
. Koh Seh is sometimes mistaken with Koh Ach Seh, located in Kep Archipelago.


See also

* Koh Thmei *
Ream National Park The Ream National Park (), officially the Preah Sihanouk Ream National Park (), is a national park of Cambodia located from the city of Sihanoukville in the Sihanoukville Municipality of the Sihanoukville Province in southwestern Cambodia. It w ...
*
Koh Rong Sanloem Koh Rong Sanloem (, ) is an island off the coast of Sihanoukville, Cambodia, south of Koh Rong. It is around long (north to south), wide (east to west) and wide at its narrowest point. Its distance from the local port of Sihanoukville is ...
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Koh Rong Koh Rong (, ) is an island in Preah Sihanouk province, Cambodia. It is the second largest island of Cambodia. The word ''Rong'' might refer to an old term for "cave" or "tunnel" (, ). It can also refer to the Old Khmer word for shelter, ad ...
*
Koh Sdach Koh Sdach (; ) is a Cambodian island located in the Gulf of Thailand, around off the coast of Botum Sakor national park, in the Kiri Sakor district in Koh Kong province, Cambodia. It belongs to a small archipelago of 12 islands, all in rela ...
*
List of islands of Cambodia The following is a list of Cambodia's islands, all situated in the Gulf of Thailand (, ). All islands are, apart from the group of the outer islands, in relative proximity to the coast and can easily and quickly be reached. The north-westernmost ...
* List of Cambodian inland islands *
Sihanoukville Sihanoukville (, ), also known as Kampong Saom (, ) or Preah Sihanouk (, ), is a coastal city in Cambodia and the capital of Preah Sihanouk Province, at the tip of an elevated peninsula in the country's south-west on the Gulf of Thailand. T ...


References

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