Phang Nga Bay, Karst islands 2, Thailand

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. Thailand has hundreds of islands both in the

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and in the

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. The islands of the central Gulf of Thailand are mostly located near the coast. Formerly most of the islands in Thailand were uninhabited, but in recent times many have been developed for tourism. Some of the island groups in Thailand come in clusters of numerous individual islands: Phang Nga Bay has 67, the

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has 52, Tarutao National Marine Park has 51, and Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park has 42. Notes: # In Thai, the names of islands are usually preceded with the word ''ko'' ( Thai เกาะ), the Thai word for ''island''. This word is often alternately romanized as ''koh'', ''go'' or ''goh''.

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references to the names of the Thai islands should not have an additional "island" added to their names, or else the ''ko'' should be left off. For example, "Ko Phi Phi Island" would be redundant, since "Ko Phi Phi" already means "Phi Phi Island" # Various

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s commonly spell Thai names differently, using different

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s. For example, ''Ko Mak'' may be seen as ''Koh Mak'', ''Koh Maak'' or even ''Koh Mark''. This list gives precedence to the

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favored by the Government of Thailand, for the English-based Thai transcription is now becoming obsolete. To help in using search engines, the list also contains alternative names (used on some maps) either in the "Alternate spellings" column, or in parentheses.

List of larger Thai islands

Eastern seaboard islands

Islands in Chanthaburi and Trat Provinces

West coast islands (Gulf of Thailand)

Southern islands (
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)

Southern islands ( Andaman Coast)

Southern islands ( Phang Nga Bay)

Far southern islands

Islands in rivers and lakes

Other Thai islands and island groups

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 i ...

* Ko Losin

Gallery

File:West coast of Koh Tarutao.jpg, Ko Tarutao File:Koh Lipe island coast.jpg, Ko Lipe File:Ko Phi Phi Leh definitive vertical limestone cliff as seen from the water, Thailand.jpg, Ko Phi Phu Leh File:Dramatic karst landscape of Phang Nga Bay, Thailand.jpg, Islands of Phang Nga Bay File:Koh Poda 16.jpg, Ko Poda File:Ko Tapu (James Bond) Island in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand.jpg, Ko Tapu Image:Koh Kut, Thailand, Bang Bao Beach.jpg, Ko Kut Image:Ao Thong Nai Pan, Koh Phangan, Thailand 02-2003.jpg, Ao Thong Nai Pan, Ko Pha Ngan Image:Bacardifeeling-Koh Chang.jpg, Ko Chang Image:Koh Phi Phi lagoon (2007-03-037) (706045272).jpg, Beaches of Ko Phi Phi Don Image:Satun Ko Yang.jpg, Ko Yang of the Tarutao group Image:Ko Mak.jpg, Ko Mak Image:Koh Kram Beach off the Pattaya coast.JPG, Ko Kram

References

*Hydrographic Service of the

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, charts 001, 142 and 147. {{DEFAULTSORT:Islands of Thailand

* Lists of landforms of Thailand Thailand.Islands