Yage Taung (Burmese: ရိဒ်တောင်) is a peak of the Tenasserim Hills, Burma.[3] This mountain rises within the Tanintharyi National Park which is coterminous with the Kaeng Krachan National Park zone over the border with Thailand.[4]
| Yage Taung | |
|---|---|
| ရိဒ်တောင် | |
  Yage Taung Location in Burma | |
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 978 m (3,209 ft)[1] |
| Coordinates | 12°46′29″N 99°13′17″E / 12.77472°N 99.22139°E[2] |
| Geography | |
| Location | Tanintharyi Region, Myanmar |
| Parent range | Tenasserim Hills |
| Climbing | |
| First ascent | unknown |
| Easiest route | climb |
Geography
editYage Taung is located in a wooded and largely uninhabited area of the Tanintharyi Region, 1.4 km to the west of the border with Thailand. The closest conspicuous peaks are 1,431 m high Palan Taung rising less than 6 km to the NNW and 1,315 m high Yekye Tong to the SSE, also by the Thai border.[2]
The nearest inhabited place on the Burmese side is Natthi, a riverside village located 26 km to the WSW.[3]
History
editOn 19 July 2011, a Royal Thai Army Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in the Yage Taung mountainside, killing 9. The chopper had been sent out to recover five bodies of victims of another helicopter crash involving a Bell UH-1 Iroquois that had occurred two days earlier while looking for illegal loggers in Kaeng Krachan National Park near the Burmese border west of Phetchaburi.[5]
A third helicopter, a Bell 212, also crashed in the same area on Sunday, 25 July a few miles further east close to the Kaeng Krachan Reservoir.[6] Superstitious people blamed the three consecutive helicopter crashes on the belief that the densely forested mountains of the Tenasserim Range have strong guardian spirits according to Thai folklore.[7]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Yage Taung - Phetchaburi, Thailand • peakery Retrieved 1 June 2016
- ^ a b GoogleEarth
- ^ a b "Yage Taung". Mapcarta. Retrieved 1 June 2016.
- ^ AIT News; Myanmar army discover Thai Black Hawk helicopter crash location
- ^ Thailand helicopter crash - The Seattle Times
- ^ Bangkok Post - Helicopter crashes 'explained'
- ^ Bangkok Post - Superstitions haunt forest