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Mergui Archipelago

British  
/ mɜːˈɡwiː /

noun

  1. a group of over 200 islands in the Andaman Sea, off the Tenasserim coast of S Myanmar: mountainous and forested

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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For an even more intense foray into the mysteries of ancient Myanmar, Burma Boating offers sailing adventures through the Mergui Archipelago off Myanmar’s far southwest coast.

From Seattle Times Dec. 9, 2016

We pass a great number of islands, which form the Mergui Archipelago, and just now might be off the shores of Greece.

From From Egypt to Japan by Field, Henry M. (Henry Martyn)

It comprises the districts of Mergui and Tavoy and a part of Amherst, and includes also the Mergui Archipelago.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various

AND THE TREE-MEN or the Rescue of the Prisoner Queen Captured by a band of Malay slavers, Sorak and his friends are wrecked on an island off the coast of Burma in the Mergui Archipelago.

From Baseball Joe of the Silver Stars or The Rivals of Riverside by Chadwick, Lester

He is full of interesting information about both Lower and Upper Burmah, the Mergui Archipelago and natural history.

From From Edinburgh to India & Burmah by Burn Murdoch, W. G. (William Gordon)

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