| Nantha Kyun | |
| Native Name: | နံသာကျွန်း |
| Settlement Type: | Island |
| Coordinates: | 18.0625°N 94.0903°W |
| Area Total Km2: | 2.3 |
| Elevation M: | 168 |
| Pushpin Map: | Myanmar |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Timezone1: | Myanmar Standard Time |
| Utc Offset1: | +6:30 |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Myanmar |
| Subdivision Type1: | State |
| Subdivision Name1: | Rakhine |
Nantha Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.
The island is long and wide. It is located roughly 30km (20miles) to the southwest of the Maw Yon headland in the Rakhine coast.[1]
Nantha Kyun rises to a height of and has a large active mud volcano in the middle. It is thickly wooded except on its western shores where the terrain is scarred between the crater and the shoreline.[2]
The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation designated 23,000 acres (comprising 781 acres of land and 22,219 acres of water) in Gwa Township, Thandwe District, Rakhine State, as the "Kyun Nantha Marine National Park" for biodiversity conservation. This designation, based on the Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas Law of 2018, was announced in Notification No. 50/2024 and took effect on June 12, 2024. [3]