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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 ...
Formerly most of the islands in Thailand were uninhabited, but in recent times many have been developed for tourism. Some of the island groups in Thailand come in clusters of numerous individual islands: Phang Nga Bay has 67, the Mu Ko Chang National Park has 52, Tarutao National Marine Park has 51, and Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park has 42. Notes:
The Karimata Islands are a chain of small islands off the west coast of Indonesian Borneo, the largest of which is (Pulau) Karimata, being about 20 km (12 mi) across (east-west). [1] It is part of Kayong Utara Regency of West Kalimantan province in Indonesia.
Southern Thailand The Thai Meteorological Department divides the country into six regions for meteorological purposes. [ 2 ] It differs from the four-region system in that the east is regarded as a separate region, the south is divided into east and west coasts, and Nakhon Sawan and Uthai Thani are grouped in the central region.
It communicates with the Java Sea to its southeast via the Karimata and Gaspar Strait east and west of Belitung, and with the Strait of Malacca to the west via the Berhala and Singapore Strait. [1] [2] The International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), in its Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition (1953), does not list a Natuna Sea.
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
Routes 4055 and 4056 lead south-west, in succession, to the Malaysia–Thailand border at Su-ngai Kolok, while Route 4084 leads south to Tak Bai and then east via Route 4057 to Su-ngai Kolok. The town is served by Narathiwat Airport , 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) to the north.
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]