Ko Losin ( th, เกาะโลซิน, ) is a small rocky islet in the southern area of the

Gulf of Thailand The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around in l ...

. It is under the Panare District (administrative area) of the Pattani Province of

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. Owing to the islet's relative remoteness, the area around Ko Losin is a good diving spot, where

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s and

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thrive undisturbed.

Territorial dispute

Though barren and uninhabited, Ko Losin, along with the islet of

Ko Kra Ko Kra ( th, เกาะกระ, ) is a group of small rocky islets in the southern area of the Gulf of Thailand. It is under the administration of Nakhon Si Thammarat Province of Thailand. This islet group should not be confused with other ...

() form the basis of a maritime territorial dispute. The dispute over the

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boundary between

Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...

and Thailand arises from the different baselines which the two countries adopt in calculating the equidistant line for boundary. Thailand's proclaimed baseline runs from the terminus at Kuala Tabar (the eastern terminus of the Malaysia-Thailand land border as defined by the Anglo-Siamese Treaty of 1909) northwards to Ko Losin islet and then northwestwards to Ko Kra. Malaysia however does not regard Ko Losin as a valid baseline point and calculates the equidistant line on a baseline running along the shore.

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Vietnam’s First Maritime Boundary Agreement
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Territorial dispute

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