Kanchanaburi

Kanchanaburi is a meteorological station in Ban Tai, Mueang Kanchanaburi. Kanchanaburi is situated nearby to the Buddhist temple Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram, as well as near The JEATH War Museum.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The JEATH War Museum and Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram.

The JEATH War Museum

Museum

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The JEATH War Museum are two war museums in Kanchanaburi, Thailand about the Death Railway, which was built from 1942 to 1943 by Allied POWs under the direction of the Japanese as part of the Thai-Burma railways. The JEATH War Museum is situated 300 metres west of Kanchanaburi.

Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram

Buddhist temple

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Wat Chaichumphon Chanasongkhram is a Buddhist temple, which is situated 270 metres southwest of Kanchanaburi.

Death Railway Museum and Research Centre

Museum

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The Thailand–Burma Railway Centre is a museum and research centre in Kanchanaburi, Thailand. It is privately funded and run by Rod Beattie, an Australian who is an expert in the history of the Thailand–Burma Railway. Death Railway Museum and Research Centre is situated 2 km northwest of Kanchanaburi.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kanchanaburi.

Kanchanaburi

Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Kanchanaburi is a town municipality in Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand. The town of lies to the southeast of Erawan National Park within Kanchanaburi Province, approximately 120km west of Bangkok.

Kanchanaburi

Type: Meteorological station
Location: Ban Tai, Mueang Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

14.01667° or 14° 1′ north

Longitude

99.53333° or 99° 32′ east

Elevation

28 metres (92 feet)

ICAO airport code

VTBG

Open location code

7M6X2G8M+M8

GeoNames ID

6301133

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