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| | AE News - Official Journal of AsiaExplorers Travel Organisation |
 | | Splayed over an area of 250 square kilometres, of which 50 square kilometres is land mass, to the northwest of Koh Samui is Mu Koh Ang Thong, or Ang Thong National Marine Park, in Surat Thani Province, Thailand, an archipelago of over forty islands. |
 | | Mu Koh Similan, or the Similan National Marine Park, in Khura Buri District, Phang Nga Province, Thailand, was established in 1982. |
 | | It was declared a national marine sanctuary in 1980 and its condition is relatively well preserved, owing perhaps to the fact that the area is the training base for the Royal Thai Navy. |
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