Khao Sam Roi Yot National Park
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IUCN category II (national park)
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Harbor, Bang Pu
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| Location | Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand |
| Nearest city | Pranburi |
| Coordinates | 12°10′57″N 99°56′54″E / 12.18250°N 99.94833°ECoordinates: 12°10′57″N 99°56′54″E / 12.18250°N 99.94833°E |
| Area | 98.08 km2 (37.87 sq mi) |
| Established | 1966 |
Khao Sam Roi Yot (Thai: เขาสามร้อยยอด) is a marine national park in Kui Buri District, Prachuap Khiri Khan Province, Thailand. It covers 98.08 km2, of which 20.88 km2 are marine areas. The park was established in 1966, and was the first coastal national park of Thailand. The park includes Thailand's largest freshwater marsh.
Rare animals in the park include the mainland serow (Nemorhaedus sumatraensis), dusky langurs (Trachypithecus obscurus), fishing cats (Prionailurus viverrinus) (Thai: เสือปลา; rtgs: suea pla), as well as many bird species. At sea, the occasional Irrawaddy dolphin (Orcaella brevirostris) shows up.
Khao Sam Roi Yot means "mountain with 300 peaks. The limestone hills are a sub-range of the Tenasserim Hills that arise at the shore of the Gulf of Thailand, with the highest elevation being Khao Krachom at 605 m. Between the hills are freshwater marshes. Several of these marshes were converted into shrimp farms, as only 36 km2 of the total 69 km2 of marshes are part of the national park. A portion, 18 km2, of these marshes are scheduled to be declared a Ramsar site.
Two white sand beaches are in the park, Hat Laem Sala and Hat Sam Phraya. Hat Laem Sala is 17 km from park headquarters and can be reached from the village Ban Pu either by boat or by climbing up and down over a hill for nearly 30 minutes.
The park is approximately 58 kilometres south of Hua Hin.
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