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The Mergui Archipelago is located in Tanintharyi Region, one of the regions heavily impacted by violence during the Myanmar conflict. Violence in the Mergui archipelago has often targeted civilians including the massacres of fishermen and the entire population of the picturesque Christie Island. [9] [10]
Myeik (Burmese: မြိတ်; MLCTS: mrit, pronounced or ; Mon: ဗိက်, ; Thai: มะริด, RTGS: Marit, [má(ʔ).rít]; formerly Mergui, / m ɜːr ˈ ɡ w iː /) is a rural city in Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar, located in the extreme south of the country on the coast off an island on the Andaman Sea.
UTC+6:30 (Myanmar Standard Time) Zadetkyi Island or Zadetkyi Kyun , also known as Saint Matthew's Island , is an island at the southern end of the Mergui Archipelago , Burma . Its northern side forms the southern shore of Hastings Harbor, where there is a base of the Myanmar Navy .
Thahtay Island (Burmese: သူဌေးကျွန်း), also known as Thahtay Kyun and Son Island, [1] is a small Burmese island within the Mergui Archipelago in the Andaman Sea. The island is directly adjacent to Ranong , a city in the south of Thailand and to Kawthaung (formerly Victoria Point).
Tanintharyi Region (Burmese: တနင်္သာရီတိုင်းဒေသကြီး, pronounced [tənɪ́ɰ̃θàjì táɪɰ̃ dèθa̰ dʑí]; Mon: ဏၚ်ကသဳ or ရးတၞင်သြဳ; formerly Tenasserim Division and Tanintharyi Division) is a region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the northern Malay Peninsula, reaching to the ...
The Lampi Island Marine National Park is a marine national park in Myanmar covering 79.09 sq mi (204.8 km 2).It was established in 1996. [1] It encompasses Lanbi Island and several smaller islands in the Mergui Archipelago, comprising coral reefs, seagrass beds, mangroves, sand dunes and tropical evergreen forest up to an elevation of 1,493 ft (455 m).
Myeik District, a district of the Taninthayi Division of Burma (Myanmar) Myeik Township, a township in the district above Myeik, Myanmar or Mergui, a city in the township above Myeik Airport, an airport serving the city above; Mergui Archipelago, also known as the Myeik Archipelago, off the coast of the areas above
Kadan Kyun is the largest island in the Mergui Archipelago, Myanmar. Its area is 450 square kilometres (170 sq mi). The highest point is French Bay Peak (767 m (2,516 ft)), [1] which is the highest point in the archipelago. [2]