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Sail Indonesia (2016), also dubbed "Sail Karimata Strait 2016", was a sailboat competition held within the strait. Four Indonesian provinces —on both sides of the strait ( West Kalimantan , Jambi , Bangka Belitung and the Riau Islands , respectively)—hosted the race, with the peak event having taken place on 15 October on Datuk Island ...
Karimata has a wide range of ecosystems, from mangroves and tropical rain forest in the lowlands to montane shrubland on the summit of the c.1,000 m (3,281 ft) mountain (a spectacular example of the Massenerhebung effect). The mountain is composed of granite.
Bangka Belitung is bordered by the Bangka Strait to the west, the Natuna Sea to the north, the Java Sea is to the south and the Karimata Strait to the east; the two principal islands are separated by the Gaspar Strait, within which lie lesser islands such as Lepar, Pongok (or Liak) and Mendanau. The province's capital and largest city is ...
Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand common point CP 98° 01.5' 5° 57.0' The 1971 agreement establishing the common point also extends the boundary from Point 1 of the continental shelf boundary to the Common Point. Continental shelf border end and turning point coordinates 1 98° 17.5' 5° 27.0' 2 98° 41.5' 4° 55.7' 3 99° 43.6' 3° 59.6' 4
The Kra Isthmus (Thai: คอคอดกระ, pronounced [kʰɔ̄ː kʰɔ̂ːt kràʔ]; Malay: Segenting Kra) in Thailand is the narrowest part of the Malay Peninsula. [1] The western part of the isthmus belongs to Ranong Province and the eastern part to Chumphon Province , both in Southern Thailand .
Detailed map of Thailand. Thailand is in the middle of mainland Southeast Asia. It has a total size of 513,120 km 2 (198,120 sq mi) which is the 50th largest in the world. The land border is 4,863 km (3,022 mi) long with Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Malaysia. The nation's axial position influenced many aspects of Thailand's society and culture. [1]
The area was designated as the 62nd national park of Thailand in 1990. The island is relatively less developed, with most of the accommodation available being basic bamboo huts . In 2015, a bridge replaced the ferry crossing to the island of Ko Lanta Noi , though as of 2024 [update] the ferry that in turn connects Lanta Noi to the mainland remains.
The Strait of Malacca is a narrow stretch of water, 800 kilometres (500 mi) long and from 65 to 250 km (40–155 mi) wide, between the Malay Peninsula to the northeast and the Indonesian island of Sumatra to the southwest, connecting the Andaman Sea (Indian Ocean) and the South China Sea (Pacific Ocean). [2]