Wa Kyun is an island in the
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and the west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated f ...
, right off the coast of
Mon State
Mon State (, ; ) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the north and Tanintharyi Region to the south, also having a short border with Thailand's Kanchanabu ...
, in the southern area of
Burma
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.
This long island is located in the midst of a
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and Earth science, geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank (geography), bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material, and rises from the bed of a body ...
or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of .
Geography
Wa Kyun is in the center of a chain of small coastal islands that lie off the mouth of the
Ye River
The Ye River is a river of Burma. It has its source in the Tenasserim Hills and drains into the Andaman Sea along the Mon State
Mon State (, ; ) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea ...
. The island of
Kokunye Kyun is located to the north of Wa Kyun.
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Nearby islands
There are three smaller islands located on the same shoal as Wa Kyun:
*Hngetpiaw Kyun , 0.3 km in length narrow and thickly wooded islet, 46 metres high, located 1.6 km to the SW of Wa Kyun
*Nat Kyun , 1.15 km long island, 135 m high, located 2 km to the south of Wa Kyun
*Kyettaik Kyun , very small 24 m high islet, 0.5 km in diameter, located 2 km to the southeast of Nat Kyun
See also
*
List of islands of Burma
References
Mon State
Islands of Myanmar
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