Kyungyi Island ( my, ကျွန်းကြီး) 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 west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated from ...
, right off the coast of
Mon State
Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the ...
, in the southern area of
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 Wells explai ...
.
Geography
This long island is located from the shore. It has four conspicuous peaks covered with dense forest that rise to a maximum height of .
Kyungyi lies south of
Nat Kyun and is the southernmost 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 coast. Wa Kyun
Wa Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma ...
.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency]
See also
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List of islands of Burma
Myanmar (also known as Burma) is the northwesternmost country of mainland Southeast Asia located on the Indochinese peninsula. With an area of 261,228 sq mi (676,578 sq km), it is the second largest country in Southeast Asia and the largest o ...
References
{{Islands of Burma
Mon State
Islands of Myanmar