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Ko Tao

Ko Tao is an island in Thailand and is part of the Chumphon Archipelago on the western shore of the Gulf of Thailand. It covers an area of about 21 km2.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in the Gulf of Thailand
  • Also known as: “Kau Tao”, “Kau Tau”, “Kaw Tao”, “Koh Tao”, “Koh Tau”, and “Tao Island”

Ko Tao

Latitude
10.0921° or 10° 5′ 32″ north
Longitude
99.8355° or 99° 50′ 8″ east
Population
1,380
Elevation
190 metres (623 feet)
Open location code
7M2X3RRP+V5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 23897168
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­coastline
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­island
Geo­Names ID
1150389
Wiki­data ID
Q525940
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Ko Tao” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كو تاو”
  • Azerbaijani: “Tau adası”
  • Bulgarian: “Ко Тао”
  • Burmese: “ကော့တောင်ကျွန်း”
  • Catalan: “Ko Tao”
  • Cebuano: “Ko Tao”
  • Chinese: “濤島”
  • Chinese: “閣道島”
  • Chinese: “阁道岛”
  • Chinese: “龟岛”
  • Danish: “Koh Tao”
  • Dutch: “Ko Tao”
  • Esperanto: “Ko Tao”
  • Finnish: “Ko Tao”
  • French: “Ko Tao”
  • French: “Koh Tao”
  • German: “Ko Tao”
  • Hebrew: “קו טאו”
  • Hungarian: “Ko Tau”
  • Italian: “Ko Tao”
  • Japanese: “タオ島”
  • Khmer: “កោះតៅ”
  • Korean: “따오 섬”
  • Korean: “따오섬”
  • Polish: “Ko tao”
  • Polish: “Ko Tao”
  • Portuguese: “Ko Tao”
  • Russian: “Ко Тау”
  • Russian: “Тао”
  • Russian: “Тау”
  • Spanish: “Ko Tao”
  • Swedish: “Ko Tao”
  • Thai: “เกาะเต่า”
  • Turkish: “Ko Tao”
  • Vietnamese: “Ko Tao”

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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 “Ko Tao”. Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.