Bilauktaung

Bilauktaung
Location of the Bilauktaung in Burma
Bilauktaung
Range
Country Burma
Part of Tenasserim Hills
Highest point Myinmoletkat Taung
 - elevation 1,531 m (5,023 ft)
 - coordinates
Geology granite

Bilauktaung is a subrange of the Tenasserim Hills. It is located in Burma in the border with Thailand. It extends from the Dawna Range for about 400 km along the frontier area to the Kra Isthmus. The Bilauktaung includes Myinmoletkat Taung 2,072 m, the highest point of the northern section of the Tenasserim range, and, with a prominence of 1,857 m, one of the ultra prominent peaks of Southeast Asia.[1] Other peaks are Ngayannik Yuak Taung 1,531 m, Palan Taung 1,455 m, among other similarly high summits.[2]

The whole Bilauktaung is covered with tropical rain forest, but the western area is more heavily forested than the eastern for it receives heavier monsoon rains.[3]

References

  1. ^ Myinmoletkat Taung, Myanmar
  2. ^ The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia, Avijit Gupta, Oxford University Press, 2005. ISBN 9780199248025
  3. ^ Infrared satellite image of Bangkok, Thailand - Science Photo Library

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