Ko Rang, Ko Chang

Ko Rang (Thai: เกาะรัง) is an island in the southwestern part of the Ko Chang archipelago on the southeastern edge of the Gulf of Thailand.[1] The island rises up out of 60m of water in most places and has few beaches.[2] The southeastern corner of the island offers a reasonable anchorage and the Thai Coast Guard has deployed several mooring buoys in this area for dive boats. There is a small Buddhist shrine on the beach adorned with phallic fertility statues. The small island of Ko Tun lies across a narrow channel to the south where fishing boats take shelter from the southwest monsoon.

References

  1. ↑ "Koh Rang". Tourism Authority of Thailand (TAT). Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  2. ↑ Cummings, Joe (2005). Thailand. Lonely Planet. pp. 264–265. ISBN 1-74059-697-8.

Coordinates: 11°48′N 102°23′E / 11.800°N 102.383°E / 11.800; 102.383


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