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Amazing Emerging Sandbar
at Mae Hat and Ko Ma

Krabi province is famous for a sandbar emerging from
the waters, and the phenomenon is recognized as “Unseen
Thailand.” The emerging sandbar is locally referred to as thale
waek, literally meaning divided sea. How many people know
that Ko Pha-ngan is another place in Thailand where an

emerging sandbar is discovered? The sandbar here is located
at Mae Hat linking to Ko Ma, about 350 meters far away.
The sandbar in this area emerges almost all year round, unlike
that of Krabi, where the sandbar emerges at low tide,
especially when the moon is waxing or waning.

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