{{For|the mainland settlement|Wai Kyun}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Wa Kyun | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Island | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | image_seal = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|15|12|N|97|43|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | seat_type = | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 3.5 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 135 | population_footnotes = | population_total = | population_as_of = | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = | population_density_rank = | population_demonym = | population_note = | pushpin_map = Myanmar <!-- name of a location map as per Template:Location_map --> | pushpin_label_position = left <!-- position of the pushpin label: left, right, top, bottom, none --> | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_mapsize = | pushpin_map_caption = | pushpin_map1 = | pushpin_label_position1 = | pushpin_map_alt1 = | pushpin_mapsize1 = | pushpin_map_caption1 = | timezone1 = Myanmar Standard Time | utc_offset1 = +6:30 | iso_code = | website = | footnotes = <!-- location ------------------> | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = Myanmar <!-- the name of the country --> | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = Mon | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = <!-- etc., subdivision_type6 / subdivision_name6 --> }} '''Wa Kyun''' is an island in the Andaman Sea, right off the coast of Mon State, in the southern area of Burma. This {{convert|2|km}} long island is located in the midst of a shoal or shallow area. It is covered with dense forest and rises to a height of {{convert|135|m}}.

==Geography== Wa Kyun is in the center of a chain of small coastal islands that lie off the mouth of the Ye River. The island of Kokunye Kyun is located {{convert|10|km}} to the north of Wa Kyun.<ref>''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency</ref>

===Nearby islands=== There are three smaller islands located on the same shoal as Wa Kyun: *'''Hngetpiaw Kyun''' {{coord|15|11|N|97|43|E}}, 0.3&nbsp;km in length narrow and thickly wooded islet, 46 metres high, located 1.6&nbsp;km to the SW of Wa Kyun *'''Nat Kyun''' {{coord|15|12|N|97|44|E}}, 1.15&nbsp;km long island, 135 m high, located 2&nbsp;km to the south of Wa Kyun *'''Kyettaik Kyun''' {{coord|15|10|N|97|45|E}}, very small 24 m high islet, 0.5&nbsp;km in diameter, located 2&nbsp;km to the southeast of Nat Kyun

==See also== *List of islands of Burma

==References== {{reflist}}

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