Gulf of Thailand

Japanese: タイ湾 - タイわん（英語表記）Gulf of Thailand

Siam Also called the Gulf of Siam. A deep gulf that runs from the South China Sea into the Indochina Peninsula. The mouth of the gulf is between Pattani Cape in the middle of the Malay Peninsula and Ca Mau Cape at the southern tip of Vietnam. It is 730 km long and 500-560 km wide. The average depth is shallow at 46 m. There is a threshold at the mouth of the gulf, and it is connected to the deep sea basin of the South China Sea by a narrow channel. Bangkok, the capital of Thailand, is located in the Chao Phraya River delta at the inner part of the gulf, and Pattani and Nakhon Si Thammarat, two long-established commercial ports, are located at the mouth of the gulf on the coast of the Malay Peninsula. Fishing is thriving around the gulf. Natural gas has been developed since the 1970s with assistance from the United States and other countries.

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Japanese:

シャム Siam湾ともいう。南シナ海からインドシナ半島に深く湾入する湾。マレー半島中部のパッターニー岬とベトナムの南端カマウ岬との間を湾口とする。長さ 730km，幅 500～560km。平均水深は 46mと浅い。湾口に海閾があり，南シナ海の深海盆とは狭い水路でつながる。湾奥のチャオプラヤー川デルタにタイの首都バンコクが立地し，マレー半島岸の湾口部にはパッターニー，ナコンシータンマラートなど古くから栄えた商港がある。湾岸一帯では漁業が盛ん。 1970年代からアメリカなどの援助により天然ガスが開発されている。

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