Chin State
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Kanpetlet Township

Arakan Mountains

The Arakan Mountains, natively referred as Rakhine Yoma and technically known as the Southern Indo-Burman Range, are a mountain range in western , between the coast of and the Central Myanmar Basin, in which flows the .
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  • Type: Mountain range
  • Description: mountain range in western Myanmar
  • Also known as: “Arakan Hills”, “Arakan Range”, “Arakan Roma”, “Arakan Yoma”, “Rakhine Mountains”, “Rakhine Range”, “Rakhine Roma”, and “Rakhine Yoma”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Nat Ma Taung.

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, also known as Mount Victoria, is the highest mountain in the of western .

Arakan Mountains

Latitude
21.2376° or 21° 14′ 15″ north
Longitude
93.9045° or 93° 54′ 16″ east
Open location code
7MHM6WQ3+2R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 8146772723
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­mountain_range
Wiki­data ID
Q625425
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Vietnamese—“Arakan Mountains” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Arakan mendikatea”
  • Belarusian: “Араканскія горы”
  • Belarusian: “Ракхайн”
  • Bengali: “আরাকান ইয়োমা”
  • Bengali: “আরাকান পর্বতমালা”
  • Bengali: “চিন পাহাড়”
  • Bhojpuri: “अराकान परबत”
  • Bulgarian: “Аракан Йома”
  • Burmese: “ရခိုင်ရိုးမ”
  • Catalan: “Arakan Yoma”
  • Catalan: “Serralada de l’Arakan”
  • Chinese: “若开山脉”
  • Chinese: “阿拉干山脉”
  • Czech: “Arakanské pohoří”
  • Dutch: “Arakangebergte”
  • Estonian: “Arakani mäed”
  • French: “Chaine de l’Arakan”
  • French: “chaîne de l’Arakan”
  • French: “Chaîne de l’arakan”
  • French: “Chaîne de l’Arakan”
  • French: “Chaîne De L’Arakan”
  • French: “Monts d’Arakan”
  • Georgian: “არაკან-იომა”
  • Georgian: “არაკანის მთები”
  • Georgian: “რაქაინი”
  • German: “Arakan-Joma-Gebirge”
  • German: “Arakan-Roma-Gebirge”
  • German: “Arakan-Yoma-Gebirge”
  • German: “Chin-Gebirge”
  • German: “Tschin-Gebirge”
  • Hindi: “अराकान योमा”
  • Hindi: “आराकान योमा”
  • Italian: “Monti Arakan”
  • Japanese: “アラカン山脈”
  • Korean: “아라칸산맥”
  • Ladin: “Crëps de Arakan”
  • Lithuanian: “Arakano kalnagūbris”
  • Lithuanian: “Arakano kalnai”
  • Lithuanian: “Činų kalnai”
  • Lithuanian: “Rachinų kalnai”
  • Macedonian: “Аракански Планини”
  • Macedonian: “Ракајнски Планини”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Arakan Yoma”
  • Polish: “Arakan Range”
  • Polish: “Arakan Yoma”
  • Polish: “Góry Arakańskie”
  • Polish: “Rakhaing Range”
  • Polish: “Rakhaing Yoma”
  • Polish: “Yakaing Yoma”
  • Portuguese: “Cordilheira Arakan”
  • Rakhine: “ရခိုင်ရိုးမ”
  • Rakhine: “ရိုးတောင်”
  • Romanian: “Munții Arakan”
  • Russian: “Араканские горы”
  • Russian: “Ракхайн”
  • Slovak: “Arakanské vrchy”
  • Spanish: “Cordillera Arakan”
  • Swedish: “Arakanbergen”
  • Tamil: “அரக்கான் மலைகள்”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขายะไข่”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาอาระกัน”
  • Thai: “เทือกเขาอินเดีย-พม่าตอนใต้”
  • Ukrainian: “Араканські гори”
  • Venetian: “Monti Arakan”
  • Vietnamese: “Cao nguyên Chin”
  • Vietnamese: “Dãy núi Arakan”
  • “अराकान परबत”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Htat Shwi and M’lai.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Mount Victoria National Park and Pan Awt Village.

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