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The Gulf of Thailand is bordered by Cambodia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Vietnam. [ 7 ] [ 8 ] It occupies a seabed area of 304,000 km 2 from 6° N to 13°30' N latitude and 99°E to 104° E longitude. [ 9 ] : 250 The northern tip of the gulf is the Bay of Bangkok at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River .
In addition to these two large systems, there are a number of other river systems and individual rivers which drain the lands within Thailand's borders into the Gulf of Thailand and the Andaman Sea. One-third of the nation's rivers flow into the Mekong. [1] The Mekong is the only river system in Thailand which drains into the South China Sea.
Mu Ko Ang Thong is a marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand in Surat Thani Province. [2] It covers 42 islands in a total area of 63,750 rai ~ 102 square kilometres (39 sq mi), [3] of which about 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi) are land and the rest is water. The park was established on 12 November 1980. [4]
Various maps commonly spell Thai names differently, using different transliterations. For example, Ko Mak may be seen as Koh Mak, Koh Maak or even Koh Mark. This list gives precedence to the Royal Thai General System of Transcription favored by the Government of Thailand, for the English-based Thai transcription is now becoming obsolete.
' 'Turtle Island' ') is an island in Thailand and is part of the Chumphon Archipelago on the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand. It covers an area of about 21 km 2 (8 sq mi). Administratively it is a subdistrict of Ko Pha-ngan District of Surat Thani Province. As of 2006, its official population was 1,382.
Module:Location map/data/Gulf of Thailand is a location map definition used to overlay markers and labels on an equirectangular projection map of Gulf of Thailand. The markers are placed by latitude and longitude coordinates on the default map or a similar map image.
Jomtien Beach Jomtien Bearch. Jomtien [a] (จอมเทียน, RTGS: Chom Thian, pronounced [tɕɔ̄ːm tʰīan]) or Jomtien Beach (หาดจอมเทียน, RTGS: Hat Chom Thian, pronounced [hàːt tɕɔ̄ːm tʰīan]) is a town on the east coast of the Gulf of Thailand about 165 km south-east of Bangkok in Bang Lamung District, Chonburi Province.
NASA picture of the Bay of Bangkok. The Bay of Bangkok (Thai: อ่าวกรุงเทพ, RTGS: Ao Krung Thep, Thai pronunciation: [ʔàːw kruŋ tʰêːp], sometimes informally อ่าวตัว ก), also known as the Bight of Bangkok, is the northernmost part of the Gulf of Thailand, roughly extending from Hua Hin District to the west and Sattahip District to the east.