Phuket
is the biggest island in
Thailand,
located in the Andaman Sea off southern
Thailand.
The island is mostly mountainous with a mountain range in the west of
the island from the north to the south. The mountains of
Phuket
form the southern end of the
Phuket
mountain range, which ranges for 440 km from the Kra Isthmus. The
highest elevation of the island is Mai Thao Sip Song (Twelve Canes), at
529 m above sea level. It is estimated that
Phuket
has a total area of approximately 570 square kilometers (including the
provinces other islands). The main island’s total length, from north to
south, is about at 50 kilometers and approximately 20 kilometers wide. |