Gulf of Thailand
The Gulf of Thailand, also known as the Gulf of Siam, is a shallow inlet in the southwestern South China Sea, bounded between the southwestern shores of the Indochinese Peninsula and the northern half of the Malay Peninsula. It is around 800 km (500 mi) in length and up to 560 km (350 mi) in width, and has a surface area of 320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi). The gulf is surrounded on the north, west and southwest by the coastlines of Thailand (hence the name), on the northeast by Cambodia and the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam, and opens to the South China Sea in the southeast.
| Gulf of Thailand | |
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Location of the gulf | |
| Location | Southeast Asia |
| Coordinates | 09°30′N 102°00′E |
| Type | Gulf |
| Primary inflows | South China Sea |
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| Surface area | 320,000 km2 (120,000 sq mi) |
| Average depth | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Max. depth | 85 m (279 ft) |
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