Nantha Kyun
Nantha Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. Due to the strong smell emitted by the island's mud volcano, the island was known to the British Empire during the British rule in Burma as Foul Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Myanmar
- Also known as: “Foul Island”, “Nan Thar”, and “Nantha Kyun Island”
Nantha Kyun
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Rakhine State, Myanmar, Southeast Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
18.06336° or 18° 3′ 48″ northLongitude
94.08934° or 94° 5′ 22″ eastElevation
551 feet (168 metres)Open location code
7MCP337Q+8POpenStreetMap ID
way 22758309OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islandGeoNames ID
1305991Wikidata ID
Q18379189
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Burmese to Swedish—“Nantha Kyun” goes by many names.
- Burmese: “ကျွန်းနံ့သာ”
- Burmese: “နံသာကျွန်း”
- Burmese: “နံ့သာကျွန်း”
- Cebuano: “Nantha Kyun”
- Dutch: “Nantha Kyun”
- Rakhine: “နံ့သာကျွန်း”
- Swedish: “Nantha Kyun”
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