Nantha Kyun is an island off the coast of Rakhine State, Burma.

It is located roughly 30 km (19 mi) to the southwest of the Maw Yon headland in the Rakhine coast.

[1] Nantha Kyun rises to a height of 168 metres (551 ft) and has a large active mud volcano in the middle.

It is thickly wooded except on its western shores where the terrain is scarred between the crater and the shoreline.

This designation, based on the Biodiversity Conservation and Protected Areas Law of 2018, was announced in Notification No.