Baulu Taung

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Baulu Taung
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Baulu Taung
Location in Burma
Highest point
Elevation 992 m (3,255 ft) [1]
Coordinates 12°57′39″N99°6′7″E / 12.96083°N 99.10194°E / 12.96083; 99.10194 Coordinates: 12°57′39″N99°6′7″E / 12.96083°N 99.10194°E / 12.96083; 99.10194 [1]
Geography
Location Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar
Parent range Bilauktaung, Tenasserim Hills
Climbing
First ascent unknown
Easiest route climb

Baulu Taung is a mountain of the Tenasserim Hills, Burma. [2]

Tenasserim Hills

Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system in Southeast Asia.

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Geography

Baulu Taung is located southeast of Myinmoletkat Taung, the main Bilauktaung peak, in a wooded and largely uninhabited area of the Tanintharyi Region, 9 km to the west of the border with Thailand. [1] The nearest inhabited place is Dathwekyauk, a riverside village located roughly 15 km to the WNW. [2]

Myinmoletkat Taung mountain in Myanmar

Myinmoletkat Taung is the highest mountain of the Bilauktaung, Tenasserim Hills, Burma.

Bilauktaung

Bilauktaung is a subrange of the Tenasserim Hills. It is located in Burma on the border with Thailand. It extends from the Dawna Range for about 400 km along the frontier area to the Kra Isthmus.

Tanintharyi Region Region in South, Myanmar

Tanintharyi Region is an administrative region of Myanmar, covering the long narrow southern part of the country on the Kra Isthmus. It borders the Andaman Sea to the west and the Tenasserim Hills, beyond which lie Thailand, to the east. To the north is the Mon State. There are many islands off the coast, the large Mergui Archipelago in the southern and central coastal areas and the smaller Moscos Islands off the northern shores. The capital of the division is Dawei (Tavoy). Other important cities include Myeik (Mergui) and Kawthaung. The division covers an area of 43,344.9 km², and had a population of 1,406,434 at the 2014 Census.

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References

  1. 1 2 3 GoogleEarth
  2. 1 2 "Baulu Taung". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 June 2016.