Nantha Kyun is an
island
An island (or isle) is an isolated piece of habitat that is surrounded by a dramatically different habitat, such as water. Very small islands such as emergent land features on atolls can be called islets, skerries, cays or keys. An island ...
off the coast of
Rakhine State
Rakhine State (; , , ; formerly known as Arakan State) is a Administrative divisions of Myanmar, state in Myanmar (Burma). Situated on the western coast, it is bordered by Chin State to the north, Magway Region, Bago Region and Ayeyarwady R ...
,
Burma
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.
Geography
The island is long and wide. It is located roughly to the southwest of the Maw Yon headland in the Rakhine coast.
Nantha Kyun rises to a height of and has a large active
mud volcano
A mud volcano or mud dome is a landform created by the eruption of mud or slurries, water and gases. Several geological processes may cause the formation of mud volcanoes. Mud volcanoes are not true igneous volcanoes as they do not produce lava ...
in the middle. It is thickly wooded except on its western shores where the terrain is scarred between the crater and the shoreline.
[''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal. Enroute.'' National Geospatial-intelligence Agency (Feb 1, 2007). p. 168]
Nearby islands
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Unguan
Unguan is a small island off the coast of Rakhine State, Myanmar.
Geography
The island is long and wide. It is located to the southeast of Cheduba's southern end. It rises to a height of and is densely wooded.''Prostar Sailing Directions 200 ...
, located about to the NNE. Highest point .
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 ...
References
Islands of Myanmar
Rakhine State
Mud volcanoes
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