Tarutao National Park

Tarutao National Park
Tarutao National Park
IUCN category II (national park)
	Ko Tarutao
Location	Satun Province, Thailand
Nearest city	Satun
Coordinates	6°35′43″N 99°38′41″E / 6.59528°N 99.64472°E
Area	1,490 km2 (580 sq mi)
Established	19 April 1974
Visitors	238,409 (in 2019)
Governing body	Department of National Park, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (DNP)

Tarutao National Park (Thai: อุทยานแห่งชาติตะรุเตา) consists of 51 islands in the Strait of Malacca, off the coast of Satun Province of southern Thailand.^[1] The Tarutao National Park consists of two island groups: Tarutao (Thai: หมู่เกาะตะรุเตา, Thai pronunciation: [mùː kɔ̀ʔ tàʔ.rúʔ.taw] or [ta.ru.taw]) and Adang-Rawi (Thai: หมู่เกาะอาดัง-ราวี, Thai pronunciation: [mùː kɔ̀ʔ ʔaːdaŋ raːwiː]), which are scattered from 20 to 70 kilometres' distance from the south-westernmost point of mainland Thailand. The park covers an area of 931,250 rai ~ 1,490 square kilometres (580 sq mi)^[2] of which 1,260 square kilometres (490 sq mi) ocean and 230 square kilometres (89 sq mi) island. The southernmost end of the park lies on the border with Malaysia, just north of Langkawi. Tarutao became Thailand's second marine national park on 19 April 1974. The coastal Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park had been designated in 1966.

The name "tarutao" is a Thai corruption of its original Malay name, "pulau tertua", "old, mysterious, and primitive island."^[1]

Ko Tarutao was the setting for Survivor: Thailand, the 2002 season for the U.S. reality television series, Survivor.

^ ^a ^b "Tarutao National Park". Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
^ "ข้อมูลพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ ที่ประกาศในราชกิจจานุบกษา 133 แห่ง" [National Park Area Information published in the 133 Government Gazettes]. Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). December 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2022, no 8{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

[DNP-1] "Tarutao National Park". Thailand Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation. Archived from the original on January 10, 2015. Retrieved January 10, 2015.

[AREA_NP-2] "ข้อมูลพื้นที่อุทยานแห่งชาติ ที่ประกาศในราชกิจจานุบกษา 133 แห่ง" [National Park Area Information published in the 133 Government Gazettes]. Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation (in Thai). December 2020. Retrieved November 1, 2022, no 8{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: postscript (link)

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