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19.1 19.1 Thailand

Compiled by: Geostudies, as a revised version of a chapter published by John L. Pitman in The World’s Coastline (1985: 771–787). A new version is in preparation.

Last revised: February 2003 ©Geostudies Pty Ltd.

19.1.1 Introduction

The coastline of Thailand (1) is about 2,960 km long, of which 750 km is on the west (Andaman Sea) coast, 1,670 km on the Gulf of Thailand, and the remainder (520 km) on over 258 islands, of which the six largest account for 90% Table 1 summarizes the distribution of major coastal types given in (1).

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© J. Pitman Major coastal landforms of Thailand.

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