Key facts
- Location
- Gulf of Tonkin
- Coordinates
- 20°47′42″N 107°00′40″E / 20.795°N 107.011°E / 20.795; 107.011
- Archipelago
- Cat Ba
- Total islands
- 366 or 367
- Area
- 262.41 km (101.32 sq mi)
- Highest elevation
- 322 m (1056 ft)
- Highest point
- Cao Vọng mountain
- City
- Haiphong
- District
- Cat Hai
- Population
- 18,934 (2021)
- Official website
- catba .net .vn
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Encyclopedic overview
Cát Bà Island (Vietnamese: Đảo Cát Bà, IPA: [ɗǎw kát ɓàː]) is the largest of the 367 islands spanning 262.41 km (101.32 mi) that comprise the Cat Ba Archipelago, which makes up the southeastern edge of Lan Ha Bay in Northern Vietnam and maintains the dramatic and rugged features of Ha Long Bay. The archipelago has been a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve since 2004 and a part of Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago World Heritage Site since 2023.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Cat Ba Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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