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Tenasserim Hills

Tenasserim Hills
တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း
ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี
Banjaran Tanah Seri
بنجرن تنه سري
丹那沙林山脉
丹那沙林山脈
View from the Burma Railway over the Kwai River, Kanchanaburi Province
Highest point
PeakMount Tahan (Malaysia)
Elevation2,187 m (7,175 ft)
Coordinates4°38′00″N 102°14′00″E / 4.63333°N 102.23333°E / 4.63333; 102.23333
Dimensions
Length1,670 km (1,040 mi) N/S
Width130 km (81 mi) E/W
Geography
Extent of the Tenasserim Hills and their subranges
CountriesMyanmar, Thailand and Malaysia
Parent rangeIndo-Malayan System
Borders onDawna Range, Shan Hills, Thai highlands
Geology
Rock age(s)Permian and Triassic
Rock type(s)Granite and Limestone
The Khao Sok mountains, Surat Thani, Thailand, towards the southern end of the Tenasserim Range
Unnamed Lesser Peak of Mount Tahan in the highest area of the range, Pahang State, Malaysia
Limestone hills near Wat Nong Hoi, Ratchaburi, Thailand
The Tenasserim Hills in Kapong, Phang Nga, Thailand
Khao Nom Nang, a breast-shaped hill in Kanchanaburi Province
Map of the tectonic setting of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake showing the fault lines across the Tenasserim Hills
The Tenasserim Hills as represented in an old 19th century map by Aristide Michel Perrot

The Tenasserim Hills or Tenasserim Range (Burmese: တနင်္သာရီ တောင်တန်း, [tənɪ̀ɰ̃θàjì tàʊɰ̃dáɰ̃]; Thai: ทิวเขาตะนาวศรี, RTGS: Thio Khao Tanao Si, pronounced [tʰīw kʰǎw tā.nāːw sǐː]; Malay: Banjaran Tanah Seri/Banjaran Tenang Sari) is the geographical name of a roughly 1,700 km long mountain chain, part of the Indo-Malayan mountain system[1] in Southeast Asia.

Despite their relatively scant altitude these mountains form an effective barrier between Thailand and Myanmar in their northern and central region.[2] There are only two main transnational roads and cross-border points between Kanchanaburi and Tak, at the Three Pagodas Pass and at Mae Sot. The latter is located beyond the northern end of the range, where the Tenasserim Hills meet the Dawna Range. Minor cross-border points are Sing Khon,[3] near Prachuap Khiri Khan, as well as Bong Ti and Phu Nam Ron west of Kanchanaburi. The latter is expected to gain in importance if the planned Dawei Port Project goes ahead, along with a highway and a railway line between Bangkok and that harbor.[4]

The southern section of this extensive chain of mountains runs along the Kra Isthmus into the Malay Peninsula almost reaching Singapore. Many rivers have their source in these mountains, but none of them are very long.

  1. ^ Encyclopædia Britannica, 1988, volume 10, page 694
  2. ^ "International Boundary Study No. 63 - Burma-Thailand Boundary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 14 December 2011.
  3. ^ NNT - Prachuap Khiri Khan to upgrade Sing Khon border crossing Archived 5 April 2015 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Table A1-1-1a. Prospective projects in Mekong sub-region Archived 4 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Tenasserim Hills

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