James Bond Island – Thailand
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About the location (from Wiki):
Khao Phing Kan or Ko Khao Phing Kan is a two-island pair located on the west coast of Thailand, in the Phang Nga Bay, Andaman Sea. About 40 metres (130 ft) from its shores lies a 20 meters (66 ft) tall islet Ko Tapu or Khao Tapu. The island is a part of the Ao Phang Nga National Park. Since 1974, when it was featured in the James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun, it is popularly called James Bond Island.
Before 1974, the island was a rarely visited indigenous area. However, it was chosen as one of the locations for the 1974 James Bond movie The Man with the Golden Gun as the hideout for Bond’s antagonist, Francisco Scaramanga. After the movie release it turned into a popular tourist destination that has gradually contaminated Khao Phing Kan with household litter. In 1981, the island became the most famous part of the newly established Ao Phang Nga Marine National Park. Since 1998, it is forbidden for tourist boats to approach Ko Tapu. This measure aims to stop erosion of the limestone rocks on and near the islet that might eventually result in its collapse.
Ko Tapu is a limestone rock about 20 metres (66 ft) tall with the diameter increasing from about 4 metres (13 ft) near the water level to about 8 metres (26 ft) at the top. It lies about 40 metres (130 ft) to the west from the northern part of Khao Phing Kan.
Movies shot at this location:
Sil Sil song from Unnai Ninaithu
Chanakya Chanakya song from Dum
Nee Ragasiyamaai song from Chathrapathi
October Maadhathil song from Sandai
Some of the beach scenes from Kaho Na Pyaar Hai
Channa Ve Channa song from Raqeeb
Vechhani Vechhani song from Thotti Gang
Kisukisu Manusha song from Giri
Gundello Gulabi song from Malliswari
Adigi Adaga Leka song from Devadas
Gundello Abbabba from Yamagola Mallimodalaindhi
Tarattha Yettuku Potha from Krishna
I Wanna Talk To You from Saleem
Indra Dhanassulaku song from Buridi
Mujhe Pyar Hone Laga Hai song from Janasheen
MerkE MerkE song from Kanda Naal Mudhal




