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{{Short description|Mountain range in Thailand}}
{{Infobox mountain range
| name=Phuket Range
| other_name = ทิวเขาภูเก็ต
| image=Ranong 98.60435E 9.94922N.jpg
| image_caption=[[NASA]] picture of the northern part of the range
| country=Thailand
| region=
| parent=[[Tenasserim Hills]]
| borders_on=
| geology=[[granite]], [[limestone]]
| age=[[Permian]], [[Triassic]]
| orogeny=
| range_coordinates = 
| length_km= 200
| length_orientation=N/S
| width_km=  50
| width_orientation=E/W
| highest=[[Khao Langkha Tuek]]
| elevation_m=1395
| coordinates = {{coord|9|20|30|N|98|37|0|E|type:mountain|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
| map=
| map_caption=
}}
The '''Phuket Range ''' ({{langx|th|ทิวเขาภูเก็ต}}, ''Thio Khao Phuket'', {{IPA|th|tʰiw kʰǎw pʰuː.kèt|IPA}}) is a subrange of the [[Tenasserim Hills]] in the [[Kra Isthmus]], [[Thailand]].

==Geography==
The Phuket Range is a continuation of the greater Tenasserim range, forming one of the southern sections of the central Indo-Malay cordillera, the mountain chain which runs from [[Tibet]] through the [[Malay Peninsula]] extending southwards for over 200&nbsp;km.<ref>Avijit Gupta, ''The Physical Geography of Southeast Asia,'' Oxford University Press, 2005. {{ISBN|978-0-19-924802-5}}</ref> The [[Nakhon Si Thammarat Range]] begins 60&nbsp;km to the east of the southern part of the Phuket Range. Between the ranges there are isolated peaks rising from the lowlands, the highest of which is the 1,350 m high [[Khao Phanom Bencha]] near [[Krabi]].<ref>[https://travel-ismo.blogspot.com/2008/01/peninsular-thailand.html Peninsular Thailand]</ref>

The highest elevation is [[Khao Langkha Tuek]]<!--เขาหลังคาตึก--> with an elevation of 1395 m. As the hills raise directly from the western coast there are no notable rivers west of the ridge. To the east the largest rivers are the [[Phum Duang River]] and the [[Lang Suan River]].

The largest lake within the mountains is the Chiao Lan<!--เชี่ยวหลาน--> (Ratchaprapha dam<!--รัชประภา-->) at 165&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup>, an artificial lake within the [[Khao Sok National Park]]. The mountains mostly consist of [[limestone]], which leads to the [[karst]] geography of steep hills. The hills west of the ridge contain several [[tin]] mines, mostly exhausted.{{Citation needed|date=March 2008}}

==Protection==
The range is in the [[Tenasserim–South Thailand semi-evergreen rain forests]] [[ecoregion]]. Most of the mountains are protected in various [[national park]]s and other protected areas. These are (from the south) [[Si Phang Nga National Park|Si Phang Nga NP]], [[Ton Pariwat Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Khlong Phanom National Park|Khlong Phanom NP]], [[Khao Sok National Park|Khao Sok NP]], [[Khlong Yan Wildlife Sanctuary]], [[Kaeng Krung National Park|Kaeng Krung NP]], [[Khlong Nakha Wildlife Sanctuary]] and [[Namtok Ngao National Park|Namtok Ngao NP]] (formerly named Khlong Phrao NP).<!--list may be incomplete-->

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.sc.chula.ac.th/seminar/klongkra/geo.htm Geography of the Kra river area]{{Dead link|date=February 2026 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }} (Thai)

{{Mountain ranges of Thailand}}

[[Category:Tenasserim Hills]]
[[Category:Mountain ranges of Thailand]]
[[Category:Malay Peninsula]]
[[Category:Kra Isthmus]]
[[Category:Southern Thailand]]

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