Than Kyun or Davis Island is an island at the southern end of the
Mergui Archipelago
The Mergui Archipelago (also Myeik Archipelago or ''Myeik Kyunzu''; my, မြိတ်ကျွန်းစု) is located in far southern Myanmar (Burma) and is part of the Tanintharyi Region. It consists of more than 800 islands, varying ...
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Burma
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
. It is the largest and highest island of the Alladin Islands, a scattered cluster of islands extending to the W and SSW of
Zadetkyi Island
Zadetkyi Island or Zadetkyi Kyun, also known as Saint Matthew's Island, is an island at the southern end of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Its northern side forms the southern shore of Hastings Harbor, where there is a base of the Myanmar Navy. ...
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This densely wooded island has two main peaks, each with a height of around . The island has a roughly round shape with a diameter of about . Off its eastern shore rises a rock surrounded by a reef. Than Kyun lies west of the southern end of Zadetkyi Island.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency]
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Mergui Archipelago
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