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The Surin Islands (Thai: หมู่เกาะสุริน, romanized: muu gaw soo rin, Thai pronunciation: [mùː kɔ̀ʔ sùrin]) is a continental archipelago of five islands in the Andaman Sea, 55 kilometres (34 mi) from the Thai mainland. [3]
The culture of Surin is also strongly influenced by the Kuy people, most visibly in the activity surrounding elephants that is so prominent in the province. Surin is the source of approximately a quarter of all domesticated elephants in Thailand and the capture, training, and raising of these elephants is conducted by people of Kuy ethnicity. [7]
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It is part of the Mu Ko Surin National Park although being about 18 km (11 mi) east of Ko Surin Tai. [1] There are no islands in the immediate vicinity of the reef. The limestone pinnacle rises from the sea floor of about 30 to 35 m (98 to 115 ft) [1] [2] above the surface at low tide.
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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: In Thai, the names of islands are usually preceded with the word ko (Thai เกาะ), the Thai word for island.
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