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Kadan Kyun
Kadan Kyun is the largest island in the Mergui Archipelago, Burma. Its area is 450 km². The highest point is French Bay Peak (),〔("Burma 1:250,000 topographic map, Series U542, Mergui, ND 47-14" ) U.S. Army Map Service, August 1962〕 which is the highest point in the archipelago.〔Bird, Eric C. F. (2010) ''Encyclopedia of the World's Coastal Landforms'' Springer Verlag, Netherlands, (page 1085 ), ISBN 978-1-4020-8638-0〕 ==Etymology== Under the British, the island was known as King Island,〔〔"King Island (Approved)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency〕 King's Island,〔"King's Island (Variant)" , United States National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency〕 and later as Kadan Island or Kadan Kyun, based on the local pronunciation.〔Klinkmüller, Volker ''et al.'' (2003) "Kadan Kyun (Kyunsu)" ''Myanmar'' DuMont-Reiseverlag, Ostfildern, Germany, (page 471 ) ISBN 3-7701-6147-5, in German〕
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