Unguan is a small
island
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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 ...
,
Myanmar
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.
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.
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Nearby islands
*Ye Kyun, located to the NW near Cheduba Island.
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Nantha Kyun
Nantha Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.
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 acti ...
, located about SSE of Unguan. The highest point is
above sea level
Height above mean sea level is a measure of the vertical distance (height, elevation or altitude) of a location in reference to a historic mean sea level taken as a vertical datum. In geodesy, it is formalized as ''orthometric heights''.
The comb ...
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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
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