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Nantha Kyun

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Country
  
Myanmar

Elevation
  
168 m

Max length
  
2.4 km

State
  
Rakhine

Area
  
230 ha

Max width
  
1.7 km

Nantha Kyun

Time zone
  
Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+6:30)

Nantha Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.

Contents

Map of Nantha Kyun, Myanmar (Burma)

Geography

The island is 2.4 kilometres (1.5 mi) long and 1.7 kilometres (1.1 mi) wide. It is located roughly 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest of the Maw Yon headland in the Rakhine coast.

Nantha Kyun rises to a height of 168 metres (551 ft) and has a large active mud volcano in the middle. It is thickly wooded except on its western shores where the terrain is scarred between the crater and the shoreline.

Nearby islands

  • Unguan, located about 45 kilometres (28 mi) to the NNE. Highest point 40 metres (130 ft).
  • References

    Nantha Kyun Wikipedia