{{short description|Island of Myanmar}} {{Location map |Burma |label=Lanbi |lon_dir=E |lat_dir=N |lat_deg=10|lat_min=50 |lon_deg=98|lon_min=15 |position=left |width=250 |float=right |mark=Cercle rouge 100%.svg |marksize=20 |caption=Location of Lanbi Island in Burma }}
'''Lanbi Kyun''', also '''Lambi Island'''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.burmaactionireland.org/pdf/winter_2004.pdf |title=The Asian Tsunami Disaster |access-date=2011-12-08 |archive-date=2024-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240103140041/http://www.burmaactionireland.org/pdf/winter_2004.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and '''Lampi Island''',<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tourism.goldenlandpages.com/thahtaykyun.html |title=Thahtay Kyun Island and Mergui Archipelago |access-date=2011-12-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111223064112/http://tourism.goldenlandpages.com/thahtaykyun.html |archive-date=2011-12-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ('''Sullivan's Island''') is an island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Having an area of {{convert|188|km2|0|abbr=on}}, thickly wooded Lanbi is one of the largest islands of the group.
left|thumb|Lanbi Island thumb|left|Plain-pouched hornbills live on the island
==Ecology== The Lampi Island Marine National Park was designated in 1996.<ref>[http://www.banca-env.org/ebook.pdf Myanmar Protected Areas - Context, Current Status and Challenges] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120417063155/http://www.banca-env.org/ebook.pdf |date=2012-04-17 }}</ref>
Unconfirmed reports of the presence of Sumatran rhinoceros on Lanbi have been widely discredited.
===Important Bird Area=== The island, along with some adjacent islets, has been designated an Important Bird Area (IBA) by BirdLife International because it supports a population of Vulnerable plain-pouched hornbills.<ref name=bli>{{cite web |url=http://datazone.birdlife.org/site/factsheet/lampi-island-iba-myanmar|title= Lampi Island|author=<!--Not stated--> |date=2021|website= BirdLife Data Zone|publisher= BirdLife International|access-date= 2 March 2021}}</ref>
==2004 tsunami== Some 200 Moken people were found dead on a small island off Lanbi following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.<ref>[http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/reliefweb_pdf/node-162607.pdf Tsunami Impact on Burma]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120102161911/http://www.myanmartourism.org/ecotourism/index.htm Myanmar Ecotourism - Ministry of Hotels and Tourism] *[http://www.orientalsea.com/Mergui-fotos.htm Mergui Archipelago]
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{{Islands of Burma}}
Category:Mergui Archipelago Category:Important Bird Areas of Myanmar Category:Important Bird Areas of Indian Ocean islands
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