Myinmoletkat Taung is the highest
mountain
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in
Tanintharyi Region
Tanintharyi Region (, ; Mon: or ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders ...
, Myanmar (Burma). It is located on the
Bilauktaung
Bilauktaung is a subrange of the Tenasserim Hills. It is located in Myanmar on the Myanmar–Thailand border. It extends from the Dawna Range for about along the frontier area to the Kra Isthmus.
Geography
The Bilauktaung includes Myinmoletkat ...
,
Tenasserim Hills
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Despite their relatively scant altitude these mo ...
.
Geography
It is located in the
Tanintharyi Region
Tanintharyi Region (, ; Mon: or ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the Kra Isthmus. It borders ...
, to the southeast of
Myinmoletkat village, west from the border with
Thailand
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.
With a height of and a prominence of , Myinmoletkat Taung is one of the
ultra prominent peak
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s of
Southeast Asia
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.
Myinmoletkat Taung (mountain) - Region: Shan State, Myanmar
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See also
* List of Ultras of Southeast Asia
*List of mountains in Burma
The following is a list of mountains in Myanmar (Burma). The elevations are in metres. For the names of the mountains in the Latin script the most common transcription has been adopted.
Note:
Many mountains in the country are important not b ...
References
External links
Peakbagger Myinmoletkat Taung, MyanmarGoogle Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''
Mountains of Myanmar
Tenasserim Hills
Tanintharyi Region
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