Koh Puos

Koh Puos or Kaoh Puos (Khmer: កោះពស់), Snake Island - named "Île Coudée" (Elbow Island) during the French colonial period) is a small island in the Gulf of Thailand, located about 0.63 km (0 mi) off the coast of Sihanoukville city in southern Cambodia. It is administered by Sangkat 3 of Mittakpheap District in Sihanoukville Province.^[1]

Koh Puos

Native name: កោះពស់ Nickname: Morakot Island
Koh Puos
Geography
Location	Cambodia - South East Asia
Coordinates	10°37′N 103°28′E
Area	1.1 km2 (0.42 sq mi)
Length	1.7 km (1.06 mi)
Width	0.7–1.4 km (0.43–0.87 mi)
Coastline	5.2 km (3.23 mi)
Highest elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Administration
Cambodia
Province	Sihanoukville
District	Sihanoukville
Demographics
Ethnic groups	Khmer

The island has been made accessible via a road bridge, completed in 2011 as part of a development initiative of the Russian Koh Puos Investment Group (KPIG). A long term government concession granted in 2006 was followed by large scale planning of "a high-end property project".^[2] Since, a number of project alterations and subsequent applications for permission at the Council of the Development of Cambodia have led to many delays.^[3][4]

Snake Island with completed bridge, as seen from Hawaii Beach in October 2014

See also

• Koh Ta Kiev
• Koh Russei
• Ream National Park
• List of islands of Cambodia
• Sihanoukville (city)