Kalegauk Island

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Kalegauk Island
Island
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Kalegauk Island
Coordinates: 15°32′45″N97°39′15″E / 15.54583°N 97.65417°E / 15.54583; 97.65417
Country Myanmar
State Mon
Area
  Total 13.5 km2 (5.2 sq mi)
Elevation 159 m (522 ft)
Time zone Myanmar Standard Time (UTC+6:30)

Kalegauk Island is an island in Ye Township, Mon State, Burma (Myanmar). It is located in the Andaman Sea, 8.25 kilometres (5.13 mi) from the coast of Mon State.

Ye Township is a township of Mawlamyine District in the Mon State, Myanmar. Its principal town is Ye.

Mon State State in South, Myanmar

Mon State is an administrative division of Myanmar. It lies between Kayin State to the east, the Andaman Sea to the west, Bago Region to the north and Tanintharyi Region to the south, also having a short border with Thailand's Kanchanaburi Province at its south-eastern tip. The land area is 12,155 km2. The Dawna Range, running along the eastern side of the state in a NNW–SSE direction, forms a natural border with Kayin State. Mon State includes some small islands, such as Kalegauk, Wa Kyun and Kyungyi Island, along its 566 km of coastline. The state's capital is Mawlamyine.

Andaman Sea Marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean

The Andaman Sea is a marginal sea of the eastern Indian Ocean separated from the Bay of Bengal by the Andaman Islands of India and Myanmar and the Nicobar Islands of India and touching Myanmar, Thailand, and the Malay Peninsula. Its southernmost end is defined by Breueh Island, an island just north of Sumatra.

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Geography

The island has a long shape with a length of over 10 km (6 mi) and a width of 1.6 km (1.0 mi) in its widest area. In its northern part rises a 159 metres (522 ft) high summit. Kalegauk Island is located 35 kilometres (22 mi) to the NNW of the mouth of the Ye River.

The Ye River is a river of Burma. It has its source in the Tenasserim Hills and drains into the Andaman Sea along the Mon State coast. Wa Kyun is an island located 3 kilometres west-northwest of the mouth of the Ye River. The Ye River flows through the eastern part of the town of Ye town.

Nearby islands

Small Cavendish Island lies 0.5 km (0.3 mi) off the southern point of Kalegauk Island. It is a small bean-shaped islet only about 0.4 km (0.2 mi) long, but it has a 97 metres (318 ft) high summit. [1]

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References

  1. Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency