Don Hoi Lot ( th, ดอนหอยหลอด, ) is a sandbar off the coast of Samut Songkhram Province at the northwestern tip of the Bay of Bangkok. The sediments of the

Mae Klong River The Mae Klong (, , ), sometimes spelled Mae Khlong or Meklong, is a river in western Thailand. The river begins at the confluence of the Khwae Noi (Khwae Sai Yok) and the Khwae Yai River (Khwae Si Sawat) in Kanchanaburi, it passes Ratchaburi ...

together sediments from the sea form a system of mudflats, which are populated by razor clams ('' Solen regularis''), which also gave the site its Thai name. The site has the largest population of this species, which is endemic to the northern

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. Also 18 bird and 42

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species are recorded at the mudflats and the adjoining coastal

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forests. The mudflat ''Don Nai'' is on the coast. Nearby, the highly revered shrine of Prince Chumphon Khet-Udomsak attracts Thai visitors. Since 5 July 2001 the site has been registered as

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site number 1099. Don Hoi Lot is named after the tubular shellfish, known as razor clams or "worm shells" in English. the area covers three kilometres in width and five kilometres long in Tambon Bang Chakreng.

References

External links

Office of National Resources and Environment Policy and Planning on Don Hoi Lot
{{National and forest parks in Thailand Ramsar sites in Thailand Geography of Samut Songkhram province