Lanbi Kyun
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Lanbi
Location of Lanbi Island in Burma
Lanbi Kyun, also Lambi Island[1] and Lampi Island,[2] (Sullivan's Island) is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Having an area of 188 km², thickly wooded Lanbi is one of the largest islands of the group.
There were 200 Moken people dead in a small island off Lanbi following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.[3] There were alo unconfirmed reports of the presence of Sumatran rhinoceros on Lanbi but this has been widely discredited.
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The Lampi Island Marine National Park was designated in 1996.[4]
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