Wa Kyun is an island in the
Andaman Sea
The Andaman Sea (historically also known as the Burma Sea) is a marginal sea of the northeastern Indian Ocean bounded by the coastlines of Myanmar and Thailand along the Gulf of Martaban and west side of the Malay Peninsula, and separated fro ...
, right off the coast of
Mon State
Mon State ( my, မွန်ပြည်နယ်, ; mnw, တွဵုရးဍုင်မန်, italics=no) is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to th ...
, in the southern area of
Burma
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.
This long island is located in the midst of a
shoal
In oceanography, geomorphology, and geoscience, a shoal is a natural submerged ridge, bank, or bar that consists of, or is covered by, sand or other unconsolidated material and rises from the bed of a body of water to near the surface. It ...
or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of .
Geography
Wa Kyun is in the center of a chain of small coastal islands that lie off the mouth of the
Ye River. The island of
Kokunye Kyun is located to the north of Wa Kyun.
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Nearby islands
There are three smaller islands located on the same shoal as Wa Kyun:
*Hngetpiaw Kyun , 0.3 km in length narrow and thickly wooded islet, 46 m high, located 1.6 km to the SW of Wa Kyun
*Nat Kyun , 1.15 km long island, 135 m high, located 2 km to the south of Wa Kyun
*Kyettaik Kyun , very small 24 m high islet, 0.5 km in diameter, located 2 km to the southeast of Nat Kyun
See also
*
List of islands of Burma
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References
Mon State
Islands of Myanmar
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