Nawnghoi is a mountain of the
Shan Hills
The Shan Hills ( my, ရှမ်းရိုးမ; ''Shan Yoma''), also known as Shan Highland, is a vast mountainous zone that extends through Yunnan to Myanmar and Thailand. The whole region is made up of numerous mountain ranges separated ...
. It is located in
Shan State
Shan State ( my, ရှမ်းပြည်နယ်, ; shn, မိူင်းတႆး, italics=no) also known by the Endonym and exonym, endonyms Shanland, Muang Tai, and Tailong, is a administrative divisions of Myanmar, state of Myanmar. ...
,
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 ...
, 122 km to the ENE of
Longkam.
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Geography
Nawnghoi is a mountain with a massive rocky summit that rises to a height of .
The nearest villages are Panglong, about 2 km to the west, and
Song Möng Sihsu located on the eastern side at the foot of the mountain. The
Salween
, ''Mae Nam Salawin'' (
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river flows southwards 2 km to the east.
See also
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List of mountains in Burma
The following is a list of mountains in Myanmar (Burma). The elevations are in metres. For the names of the mountains in the Latin script the most common transcription has been adopted.
Note:
Many mountains in the country are important not b ...
References
External links
Google Books, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia''
Geography of Shan State
Mountains of Myanmar
Shan Hills
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