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Going to....The Gulf of Thailand East Coast
The Gulf of Thailand literally meaning Gulf of Siam is a shallow arm of the South China
Sea.ItisborderedbyCambodia,ThailandandVietnam.Thenortherntipofthegulfisthe
Bay of Bangkok at the mouth of the Chao Phraya River. The gulf covers roughly 320,000
kmĀ².TheboundaryofthegulfisdefinedbythelinefromCapeBaiBunginsouthernViet-
nam(justsouthofthemouthoftheMekongRiver)tothecityKotaBaruontheMalaysian
coast. At the height of the last ice age the Gulf of Thailand did not exist, due to the lower
sea level, the location being part of the Chao Phraya river valley.
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