Nam Du Islands ( vi, Quần đảo Nam Du) is an
archipelago
An archipelago ( ), sometimes called an island group or island chain, is a chain, cluster, or collection of islands, or sometimes a sea containing a small number of scattered islands.
Examples of archipelagos include: the Indonesian Archi ...
located in the
Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...
, southeast of
Phú Quốc Island. It constitutes An Sơn and Nam Du Commune of
Kiên Hải District,
Kiên Giang Province,
Vietnam
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.
Geography
The archipelago consists of 21 large and small islands.
The largest island is Hòn Lớn (sometimes referred as Nam Du) Island with a peak of 309 m.
Islands have tropical monsoon climate; the rainy season lasts from April to October every year.
:List (nox exhaustive) of Nam Du Islands
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See also
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Bà Lụa Islands
Bà Lụa Islands ( vi, Quần đảo Bà Lụa) is an archipelago located in the Gulf of Thailand. It constitutes Sơn Hải Commune of Kiên Lương District, Kiên Giang Province, Vietnam. The archipelago is known as "(Small) Ha Long of the ...
References
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Archipelagoes of Vietnam
Landforms of Kiên Giang province
Islands of the Gulf of Thailand