Wat Tham Khao Laem

Wat Tham Khao Laem is a monastery in Ko Samrong, Mueang Kanchanaburi.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The JEATH War Museum and Death Railway Museum and Research Centre.

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 2 km northeast of Wat Tham Khao Laem.

Death Railway Museum and Research Centre

Museum

Photo: Gasson nz, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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 3½ km north of Wat Tham Khao Laem.

Phahon Phon Phayuhasena Hospital

Hospital

This is a comprehensive list of hospitals in Thailand. The list is sorted with Bangkok at the top, and then in the alphabetical order of the provinces. Phahon Phon Phayuhasena Hospital is situated 3 km east of Wat Tham Khao Laem.

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.

Wat Tham Khao Laem

Type: Monastery
Category: religion
Location: Ko Samrong, Mueang Kanchanaburi, Kanchanaburi, Thailand, Southeast Asia, Asia
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Latitude

13.99906° or 13° 59′ 57″ north

Longitude

99.52008° or 99° 31′ 12″ east

Elevation

38 metres (125 feet)

Open location code

7M5XXGXC+J2

GeoNames ID

8455080

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In Other Languages

“Wat Tham Khao Laem” goes by many names.

Thai: “วัดถ้ำเขาแหลม”

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