Beach · Surat Thani
Hat Khuat (Bottle Beach)
Hat Khuat, known in English as Bottle Beach, is a sand beach on the north coast of Ko Pha-ngan in Surat Thani Province.
6 km in a straight line
Thailand•Island
Ko Pha-ngan
Ko Pha-ngan is an island in the Gulf of Thailand in Surat Thani Province, which Wikidata places in the Samui archipelago with Ko Samui. The Surat Thani Provincial Office describes Ko Pha-ngan District as one of the province's districts that is an island and names Chaloklum Beach, Yao Beach and Than Sadet Waterfall among its places to photograph; XTOUR maps Hat Khuat (Bottle Beach) on the island.
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Thailand
Type
Island
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Beach · Bo Phut subdistrict, Surat Thani
Chaweng Beach
Chaweng Beach (Hat Chaweng) is a beach on the east coast of Ko Samui in Surat Thani Province, named by the Tourism Authority of Thailand among the beaches around the island's coastline.
24 km in a straight line
Park · Ang Thong subdistrict, Surat Thani
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park
Mu Ko Ang Thong National Park is a marine national park in the Gulf of Thailand west of Ko Samui, in Ko Samui District of Surat Thani Province; the Tourism Authority of Thailand describes it as an archipelago of 42 islands, and the Surat Thani Provincial Office calls it the province's only marine national park.
41 km in a straight line
Destination information last verified: October 9, 2026
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