Koh Puos | |
Native Name: | កោះពស់ |
Sobriquet: | Morakot Island |
Map: | Cambodia |
Location: | Cambodia - South East Asia |
Coordinates: | 10.6167°N 131°W |
Area Km2: | 1.1 |
Length Km: | 1.7 |
Width Min Km: | 0.7 |
Width Max Km: | 1.4 |
Coastline Km: | 5.2 |
Elevation M: | 3 |
Country: | Cambodia |
Country Admin Divisions Title: | Province |
Country Admin Divisions: | Sihanoukville |
Country Admin Divisions Title 1: | District |
Country Admin Divisions 1: | Sihanoukville |
Ethnic Groups: | Khmer |
Koh Puos or Kaoh Puos (km| កោះពស់), Snake Island - named "Île Coudée" (Elbow Island) during the French colonial period) is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, located about 0.630NaN0 off the coast of Sihanoukville city in southern Cambodia. It is administered by Sangkat 3 of Mittakpheap District in Sihanoukville Province.[1] [2]
The island has been made accessible via a road bridge, completed in 2011 as part of a development initiative of the Russian Koh Puos Investment Group (KPIG). A long term government concession granted in 2006 was followed by large scale planning of "a high-end property project".[3] Since, a number of project alterations and subsequent applications for permission at the Council of the Development of Cambodia have led to many delays.[4] [5]