Bil wrote:
wrote:
Lanta Island is in the Indian Ocean.

? I'm not certain my grade school English and geography teachers would
agree with you.

First, Koh Lanta is made of two islands, Koh Lanta Noi to the north
and Koh Lanta Yai to the south, with a ferry joining the two. E of the
Koh Lanta are a dozen or so smaller islands (Koh Po, Koh Kam Yai, Koh
Talabeng, Koh Klang, etc).

Second, the Koh Lanta twins might be better regarded as being in the
Andaman Sea.

So your sentence might be better formed as:

The Lanta islands are in the Andaman Sea.


Please tell your grade school geography teacher that Andaman Sea
is a part of the Indian Ocean (not Pacific Ocean).

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andaman_Sea

And tell your grade school English teacher that most people use
the term "Lanta Island" possibly because Lanta Yai and Lanta Noi
islands are so close to each other that they look just like one
island with a river or canal running through.

See http://www.koh-lanta-thailand.com/info/maplanta.htm

If you do a Google search for "Lanta Island" you'll get about
100,400 results whereas a search for "Lanta Islands" only gives
about 656 results.