Phu Nam Ron Explained

Phu Nam Ron พุน้ำร้อน
Other Name:	Htee Kee
Elevation M:	350
Elevation Ref:	^[1]
Location:	Myanmar–Thailand border
Range:	Tenasserim Hills
Map:	Thailand
Coords:	13.8942°N 99.0819°W

Phu Nam Ron (Thai: พุน้ำร้อน) is a pass across the Tenasserim Hills on the border between Thailand and Myanmar, at an elevation of 350m (1,150feet). The border checkpoint on the Thai side is in Ban Kao Subdistrict, Mueang Kanchanaburi District, Kanchanaburi Province.

Border posts

Htee Khee is the name of the new town in the Tanintharyi Region on the Myanmar side of the border which is currently being developed.^[2] The Phu Nam Ron pass is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei deepwater port project goes ahead, which includes a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and that harbor.^[3]

The road on the Burmese side leads to Dawei via Sinbyudaing and Myitta; it has been recently been upgraded.^[4]

External links

• Karen News - Border crossing goes legal

Notes and References

1. [GoogleEarth]
2. http://www.go-myanmar.com/arriving-and-departing-over-land Arriving and departing from Myanmar (Burma) over land
3. Web site: Table A1-1-1a. Prospective projects in Mekong sub-region . 2016-05-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20130504180413/http://www.eria.org/publications/research_project_reports/images/pdf/y2009/no7-1/Appendix1.pdf . 2013-05-04 . dead .
4. https://www.lonelyplanet.com/thorntree/forums/asia-south-east-asia-mainland/myanmar/crossing-the-border-from-kanchanaburi-thailand-to-dawei-myanmar-burma Crossing the border from Kanchanaburi (Thailand) to Dawei (Myanmar/Burma)