Phu Nam Ron ( th, พุน้ำร้อน) is a pass across the

Tenasserim Hills The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range ( my, တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, ; th, ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, , ; ms, Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a r ...

on the border between

Thailand Thailand ( ), historically known as Siam () and officially the Kingdom of Thailand, is a country in Southeast Asia, located at the centre of the Indochinese Peninsula, spanning , with a population of almost 70 million. The country is b ...

and

Myanmar Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl. . Note: Wikipedia's IPA conventions require indicating /r/ even in British English although only some British English speakers pronounce r at the end of syllables. As John Wells explai ...

, at an elevation of . The border checkpoint on the Thai side is in

Ban Kao Ban Kao ( th, บ้านเก่า, ; lit: 'old village') is a ''tambon'' (sub-district) of Mueang Kanchanaburi District, in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. In 2017, it had a population of 16,147 people. The ''tambon'' contains 15 villages ...

Subdistrict, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi Province.

Border posts

Htee Kee is the name of the new town in the

Tanintharyi Region Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ; ...

on the Myanmar side of the border which is currently being developed. Th
Phu Nam Ron pass
is expected to gain in importance if the planned

Dawei Dawei (, ; mnw, ဓဝဲါ, ; th, ทวาย, RTGS: ''Thawai'', ; formerly known as Tavoy) is a city in south-eastern Myanmar and is the capital of the Tanintharyi Region, formerly known as the Tenasserim Division, on the northern bank of ...

deepwater port project goes ahead, which includes a highway and a railway line between

Bangkok Bangkok, officially known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estimated populatio ...

and that harbor. The road on the Burmese side leads to

via Sinbyudaing and

Myitta Myitta Subtownship ( my, မေတ္တာမြို့နယ်ခွဲ) is a subtownship of Dawei District in the Taninthayi Division of Myanmar. The main town is Myitta (Matamyu), located on the western side of the Tenasserim Range near t ...

; it has been recently been upgraded.Crossing the border from Kanchanaburi (Thailand) to Dawei (Myanmar/Burma)
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Tenasserim Hills Mountain passes of Thailand Mountain passes of Myanmar Myanmar–Thailand border crossings Geography of Kanchanaburi province {{Border Crossings of Myanmar