Zadetkyi Island or Zadetkyi Kyun, also known as Saint Matthew's Island, is an island at the southern end of 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 ...

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. Its northern side forms the southern shore of Hastings Harbor, where there is a base of the

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Geography

Having a length of about and an area of , Zadetkyi is the largest island of the southern group of the archipelago. It has two prominent peaks, the highest of which is 864 m and is located near the middle of the island, at its southern end rises a high summit.

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The island is hilly and densely wooded and lies south of Hastings Island.''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency

Nearby islands

The Alladin Islands, the largest of which is

Than Kyun Than Kyun or Davis Island is an island at the southern end of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. It is the largest and highest island of the Alladin Islands, a scattered cluster of islands extending to the W and SSW of Zadetkyi Island Zadetkyi Island ...

, are a scattered cluster of islands extending to the W and SSW of Zadetkyi Island.

References

Mergui Archipelago Tanintharyi Region {{Taninthayi-geo-stub