Myanmar is the northwestern-most country of mainland Southeast Asia. It lies along the Indian and Eurasian Plates, to the southeast of the Himalayas. To its west is the Bay of Bengal and to its south is the Andaman Sea. It is strategically located near major Indian Ocean shipping lanes.The neighboring countries are China, India, Bangladesh, Thailand and Laos.
Fangataufa is a small, low, narrow, coral atoll in the eastern side of the Tuamotu Archipelago. It was formerly known as Cockburn Island. Along with its neighboring atoll, Moruroa, it has been the site of approximately 200 nuclear bomb tests.
The Mergui Archipelago is located in far southern Myanmar (Burma) and is part of the Tanintharyi Region. It consists of more than 800 islands, varying in size from very small to hundreds of square kilometres, all lying in the Andaman Sea off the western shore of the Malay Peninsula near its landward (northern) end where it joins the rest of Indochina. Occasionally the islands are referred to as the Pashu Islands because the Malay inhabitants are locally called Pashu.
Vanatinai Island is a volcanic island in the south-east of the Louisiade Archipelago within Milne Bay Province of Papua New Guinea. The reef fringed island is approximately 360 kilometres south-east of New Guinea and 30 kilometres south of Misima. With an area of 830 square kilometres, it is the largest island of the archipelago. Tagula town, the main settlement, is located on the north-west coast. The population was 3628 as of 2014. The principal export is copra.
Cheduba Island is an island in the Bay of Bengal close to Ramree Island and belongs to Myanmar, formerly Burma. It has a maximum length of 33 km (21 mi), with an area of approximately 523 km2 (202 sq mi)
The Battle of Ramree Island was fought in January and February 1945, during World War II, as part of the XV Indian Corps offensive on the Southern Front in the Burma Campaign. Ramree Island lies off the Burma coast, 110 km (70 mi) south of Akyab, that had been captured by the Imperial Japanese Army in early 1942, along with the rest of Southern Burma. In January 1945, the Allies launched an attack to retake Ramree and its neighbour Cheduba Island, to establish airbases on the islands for the supply of the mainland campaign. There have been reports of Japanese soldiers being eaten by saltwater crocodiles living in the inland mangrove swamps; the Guinness Book of World Records has listed it as "worst crocodile disaster in the world" and "most number of fatalities in a crocodile attack", but scientists and historians have dismissed this as implausible.
Ramree Island is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma. The area of the island is about 1,350 square kilometres (520 sq mi) and the main populated center is Ramree.
Thayawthadangyi Kyun, also known as Elphinstone Island, is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma.
Daung Kyun, also known as Ross Island, is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma.
Manaung is a township of Kyaukpyu District in the Rakhine State of Western Myanmar. The principal town is Manaung. Manaung Township, situated on Manaung Island consists of three islands: Manaung Island, Ye Kyun Island and Taik Kyun Island. Manaung is not only a township of Kyaukpyu District but also the second biggest island of Rakhine State in Myanmar.
Than Kyun or Davis Island is an island at the southern end of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. It is the largest and highest island of the Alladin Islands, a scattered cluster of islands extending to the W and SSW of Zadetkyi Island. This densely wooded island has two main peaks, each with a height of around 450 metres. The island has a roughly round shape with a diameter of about 6 kilometres. Off its eastern shore rises a 5.5-metre-high (18.0-foot) rock surrounded by a reef. Than Kyun lies 4.5 kilometres west of the southern end of Zadetkyi Island.
Wa Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma. This 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) long island is located in the midst of a shoal or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of 135 metres (443 ft).
Kyungyi Island is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma.
Kokunye Kyun is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma. It is located in an area of shoals. This island is 1.4 kilometres (0.87 mi) long and its maximum width is 0.4 kilometres (0.25 mi). It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of 140 metres (460 ft).
Apaw-ye Kyun or Apaw Ye Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.
Myingyi Kyun, also known as High Island, is a small island off the coast of Ayeyarwady Region, Burma.
Be-in Kyun, also known as Abhay Island, is a small island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.
Gwa Kyun, also known as Gwa Chaung, is a small island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.
Bilu Island is a Deltaic island of Salween(Thanlwin) River in Chaungzon Township, Mon State, located west of Mawlamyine. The island is roughly the size of Singapore, and inhabited by 200,000 people.
