Wa Kyun
Wa Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma. This 2 kilometres long island is located in the midst of a shoal or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of 135 metres.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Myanmar (Monstaten)
- Also known as: “Stag Island”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Duya.
Duya
Village
Duya is a village in Ye Township in Mawlamyine District in the Mon State of south-east Burma. Duya is situated 5 miles northeast of Wa Kyun.
Wa Kyun
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Mon, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude
15.20102° or 15° 12′ 4″ north
Longitude
97.73412° or 97° 44′ 3″ east
Elevation
59 feet (18 metres)
Open location code
7M7V6P2M+CJ
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Wa Kyun” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ဝကျွန်း”
- Cebuano: “Wa Kyun (pulo sa Burma, Mon State)”
- Cebuano: “Wa Kyun”
- Dutch: “Wa Kyun”
- Spanish: “Isla Wa”
- Swedish: “Wa Kyun”
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