Islands of Thailand

Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 36. Chapters: List of islands of Thailand, Phuket Province, Ko Samui, Ko Chang District, Ko Lanta District, Phi Phi Islands, Ko Samet, Khao Phing Kan, Ko Tao, Similan Islands, Ko Kut District, Ko Pha Ngan, Ko Yao District, Surin Islands, Tarutao National Marine Park, Ko Sichang District, Ko Phi Phi Don, Ko Phi Phi Lee, Ko Kra, Nakhon Si Thammarat Province, Ko Lipe, Ko Sai, Ko Lanta Yai, Ko Nom Sao, Ko Lamphu, Ko Mak, Ko Rang, Ko Chang, Ko Kham, Ko Yao Yai, Koh Poda, Koh Ngai. Excerpt: This is a list of islands of Thailand. Thailand has hundreds of islands both in the Gulf of Siam and in the Andaman Sea. All of the islands of Thailand are coastal islands. The central area of the Gulf of Siam is free of islands, so that Thailand has no islands located in the open sea far from the coast. Formerly most of the islands in Thailand were uninhabited, but in recent times many have been developed as tourist resorts. Some of the island groups in Thailand come in clusters of numerous individual islands; Phang Nga bay has 67, the Mu Ko Chang Marine National Park has 52, Tarutao National Marine Park has 51, and Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park has 42. Owing to the large amount of islands in Thailand the list below is not all-inclusive. Notes: To help in using search engines, the list also contains alternative names (used on some maps) either in the "Alternate spellings" column, or in parentheses. Thailand Beaches Information Phuket ( ; Thai: ), formerly known as Thalang (Tha-Laang) and, in Western sources, Junk Ceylon (a corruption of the Malay Tanjung Salang, i.e. "Cape Salang"), is one of the southern provinces (changwat) of Thailand. Neighbouring provinces are (from north clockwise) Phang Nga and Krabi, but as Phuket is an island it has no land boundaries. Phuket, which is approximately the size of Singapore, is Thailand¿s largest island. The island is connected to mainland Thailand by two bridges. It is situated off the west coast of Thailand in the Andaman Sea. Phuket formerly derived its wealth from tin and rubber, and enjoyed a rich and colorful history. The island was on one of the major trading routes between India and China, and was frequently mentioned in foreign ship logs of Portuguese, French, Dutch and English traders. The region now derives much of its income from tourism. The name Phuket (of which the ph sound is an aspirated p) is apparently derived from the word bukit (Jawi: ¿¿¿¿¿) in Malay which means "hill", as this is what the island app