Money Island or Ngwe Kyun
["Ngwe Kyun (Variant)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency] ( my, ငွေကျွန်း) 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 ...
of
Taninthayi Region
Tanintharyi Region ( my, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, ; Mon: or ; ms, Tanah Sari; formerly Tenasserim Division and subsequently Tanintharyi Division, th, ตะนาวศรี, RTGS: ''Tanao Si'', ...
,
Myanmar
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 C. Wells, Joh ...
.
Geography
Money Island lies between
Letsok-aw Island
Letsok-aw Island (Domel Island)''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma
Myanmar, ; UK pronunciations: US pronunciations incl ...
to the south and
Sabi (Trotter) Island to the north. The passage between Sabi and Money Island is quite shallow.
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) is a combat support agency within the United States Department of Defense whose primary mission is collecting, analyzing, and distributing geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) in support of national ...
(2002
"South Coast of Burma (East of Cape Negrais) and the West Coast of Thailand"
''Sailing Directions (Enroute): India and the Bay of Bengal'' (7th edition) National Imagery and Mapping Agency, Bethesda, Maryland, paragraph 8.63, pages 202–203, The principal village on the island is Kyauk Lait, on the southeast coast. The other large village is on the northeast coast. The island is heavily forested and has small bays with sandy beaches on the west side.
References
Mergui Archipelago
Tanintharyi Region
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