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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]
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 .
Myeik is a gateway to the 800 offshore islands of the Mergui Archipelago, which are developing a tourist trade. Tourism in the area is currently restricted to cruises, as land based accommodations are currently non-existent on the islands. [citation needed]
The Moken (also Mawken or Morgan; Burmese: ဆလုံ လူမျိုး; Thai: ชาวเล, romanized: chao le, lit. 'sea people') are an Austronesian people of the Mergui Archipelago, a group of approximately 800 islands claimed by both Myanmar and Thailand, and the Surin Islands.
There are many islands off the coast, the large Mergui Archipelago in the southern and central coastal areas and the smaller Moscos Islands off the northern shores. The capital of the division is Dawei (Tavoy). Other important cities include Myeik (Mergui) and Kawthaung. The division covers an area of 43,344.9 square kilometres (16,735.6 sq mi ...
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).
Letsok-aw Island (Domel Island) [1] is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma (Myanmar). With a length of 38 km and an area of 250 km 2, it is one of the largest islands of the archipelago. This hilly and thickly wooded island lies 14 km east of Bentinck Kyun. It stretches from north to south and has a maximum width of 9.7 km. Highest point ...
Lanbi Kyun, also Lambi Island [1] and Lampi Island, [2] (Sullivan's Island) is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Having an area of 188 km 2 (73 sq mi), thickly wooded Lanbi is one of the largest islands of the group. Lanbi Island Plain-pouched hornbills live on the island