SE Asia
Myanmar
Rakhine State

Nantha Kyun

Nantha Kyun is an off the coast of , 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.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Foul Island”, “Nan Thar”, and “Nantha Kyun Island”

Nantha Kyun

Latitude
18.06336° or 18° 3′ 48″ north
Longitude
94.08934° or 94° 5′ 22″ east
Elevation
551 feet (168 metres)
Open location code
7MCP337Q+8P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 22758309
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1305991
Wiki­data ID
Q18379189
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Satellite Map

Discover Nantha Kyun from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Nantha Kyun”. Photo: Go-Myanmar, CC BY-SA 3.0.