{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Zadetkyi | native_name = | native_name_lang = | settlement_type = Island of the Mergui Archipelago | image_skyline = | image_alt = | image_caption = | nickname = | motto = | image_seal = | image_map = | mapsize = | map_alt = | map_caption = | coordinates = {{coord|9|57|30|N|98|11|20|E|display=inline}} | coordinates_footnotes = | seat_type = | seat = | leader_party = | leader_title = | leader_name = | area_footnotes = | area_total_km2 = 176 | area_rank = | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = 864 | 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 = Region | subdivision_name1 = Taninthayi | subdivision_type2 = | subdivision_name2 = <!-- etc., subdivision_type6 / subdivision_name6 --> }} '''Zadetkyi Island''' or '''Zadetkyi Kyun''', also known as '''Saint Matthew's Island''', is an island at the southern end of the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Its northern side forms the southern shore of Hastings Harbor, where there is a base of the Myanmar Navy.
==Geography== Having a length of about {{convert|35|km|0|abbr=on}} and an area of {{convert|176|km2|0|abbr=on}}, Zadetkyi is the largest island of the southern group of the archipelago. It has two prominent peaks, the highest of which is 864 metres and is located near the middle of the island, at its southern end rises a {{convert|585|m|0|abbr=on|adj=on}} high summit.<ref>GoogleEarth</ref> The island is hilly and densely wooded and lies {{convert|2.5|km|1|abbr=on}} south of Hastings Island.<ref name="Prostar">''Prostar Sailing Directions 2005 India & Bay of Bengal Enroute'' By National Geospatial-intelligence Agency</ref>
===Nearby islands=== The '''Alladin Islands''', the largest of which is Than Kyun, are a scattered cluster of islands extending to the W and SSW of Zadetkyi Island.<ref name="Prostar"/>
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{{Islands of Burma}} {{Authority control}}
Category:Mergui Archipelago Category:Tanintharyi Region
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