Lanbi Kyun, also Lambi Island and Lampi Island, (Sullivan's Island) is an island in 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 in ...

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 ...

. Having an area of , thickly wooded Lanbi is one of the largest islands of the group. Lampis Island River

Ecology

The

Lampi Island Marine National Park The Lampi Island Marine National Park is a marine national park in Myanmar covering . It was established in 1996. It encompasses Lanbi Island and several smaller islands in the Mergui Archipelago, comprising coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves ...

was designated in 1996. Unconfirmed reports of the presence of Sumatran rhinoceros on Lanbi have been widely discredited.

Important Bird Area

The island, along with some adjacent islets, has been designated an

Important Bird Area An Important Bird and Biodiversity Area (IBA) is an area identified using an internationally agreed set of criteria as being globally important for the conservation of bird populations. IBA was developed and sites are identified by BirdLife Int ...

(IBA) by

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because it supports a population of Vulnerable

plain-pouched hornbill The plain-pouched hornbill (''Rhyticeros subruficollis'') is a species of hornbill in the family Bucerotidae. It is found in forests of the Dawna Range and the Tenasserim Hills of southern Myanmar, adjacent parts of western Thailand and northern ...

2004 tsunami

Some 200 Moken people were found dead on a small island off Lanbi following the

2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami An earthquake and a tsunami, known as the Boxing Day Tsunami and, by the scientific community, the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake, occurred at 07:58:53 local time (UTC+7) on 26 December 2004, with an epicentre off the west coast of northern Suma ...

.Tsunami Impact on Burma
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References

External links

Mergui Archipelago Important Bird Areas of Myanmar Important Bird Areas of Indian Ocean islands {{Myanmar-geo-stub