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ced on early maps seventeenth century marine navigation and cartography used the backstaff which in this area was accurate to one degree of longitude or around 60 nautical miles the edinburgh gazetteer or geographical dictionary published in 1827 also mentions the island and provides a geographical position 3 in his 1852 book titled narrative of a residence in siam by frederick arthur neale the author describes the people and wildlife of bardia according to the account there were farms and even cows in a village on the bay lying on the west side of the island the book includes a fanciful illustration of bardia showing huts and palm trees 4 joseph huddart in 1801 included these directions for navigating the islands to the n w by n are two islands of about the same height as poolo carnom ko samui the first called sancory ko pha ngan is 7 leagues from carnom the other named barda or bardia ko tao is 7½ leagues from sancory 5 a league is approximately 3 nautical miles or 5 5 km on 18 june 1899 king chulalongkorn visited ko tao and left as evidence his monogram on a huge boulder at jor por ror bay next to sairee beach this place is still worshiped today in 1933 the island started to be used as a political prison in 1947 khuang abhaiwongse prime minister at that time pleaded and received a royal pardon for all prisoners on the island everybody was taken to the shore of surat thani and ko tao was abandoned again in the 1980s overseas travellers began to visit ko tao and it quickly became a popular destination in the 1990s the island became known as a diving site environment edit the island is an important breeding ground for hawksbill and green turtles the development of tourism has negatively impacted the health of these grounds but a breeding programme organised in 2004 by the royal thai navy and kt doc a coalition of local scuba diving centres has reintroduced hundreds of juvenile turtles to the island s ecosystem chumpon pinnacle a dive site to the west of the island has a reputation for divers in search of both whale sharks and bull sharks however because of warmer water temperatures over the last year a great number of bull sharks have migrated to cooler waters the island is host to over 130 species of hard corals and over 223 species of reef fishes belonging to 53 families 6 koh nang yuan three tiny islands that are connected by a sandbar situated close to koh tao in the gulf of thailand diving conditions have improved dramatically in the past few years with the continuing education of locals by the dive community el niño weather patterns caused a warming of the waters which resulted in the loss of a great deal of the shallow corals near the island since then the recovery has been swift and dramatic ko tao now offers some of the best scuba diving in the gulf of thailand 7 and with help by the island conservation group save koh tao the island s environmental outlook is improving 8 as one of the world s most popular diving destinations more attention is being focused on the negative effects of diving on coral reef health around ko tao 9 natural factors combined with over use of some areas has led to an increase in the abundance of corallivores such as drupella snails 10 and the crown of thorns starfish 11 around the island in recent years in 2012 a marine zoning and regulations master plan was developed for the island and subsequently become local law but the positive effects of increased management have yet to be realized 12 tourism and development on the island has grown steadily for the last several decades with public infrastructure often lagging far behind shortages of electricity and fresh water 13 are common and both solid and liquid waste management is inadequate 14 about 42 000 tonnes of solid waste are produced annually on the island 15 resulting in a 45 000 tonne garbage mountain while the island s waste incinerator sits idle 16 tourism edit sairee beach bluespotted ribbontail ray photographed in the waters around ko tao ko tao is one of thailand s most popular tourist spots the bangkok post has cited its annual visitor count as 132 000 15 and three million 16 the island is well known for scuba diving and snorkeling as well as hiking rock climbing and bouldering the most popular place for tourists is sairee on the west coast which has a white sandy beach of 1 7 km interrupted only by a few huge boulders and a scattering of medium budget resorts and restaurants chalok baan khao to the south of the island is becoming increasingly popular as an alternative for those wishing to escape the crowds a great many granite boulders both in the forests and on the beaches of ko tao attract a growing number of climbers ko tao has a little over 25 dive sites to explore a series of tourist deaths including murder and alleged suicide particularly since 2014 has prompted some to advise that tourists avoid visiting ko tao 17 18 19 with some british tabloids labelling it as death island 20 although tourist arrivals to the island dropped in the months immediately following the murders in 2014 there was little lasting effect 21 see also koh tao murders dive sites edit name max depth visibility average depth level features marine life shark island 22 28m 5 30m 15m open water boulders and rock formations soft corals drift diving for the experienced resident turtle great barracuda titan triggerfish and clown triggerfish hin wong pinnacle 23 40 m 15 20 m 17 m open water tabletop rock formation covered with a variety of hard and soft corals hawksbill turtle snapper sweetlips porcupine pufferfish juvenile boxfish mango bay 24 16 m 5 20 m 10 m beginner only accessible by boat and suitable for training dives with a sandy bottom and shallow reef also accessible by a recently built road through the jungle from sairee beach small reef fish pufferfish moray eels white rock 25 20 m 10 30 m 12 m open water a wide band of coral reef with a diversity of hard and soft corals wrasses butterflyfish angelfish moray eels clownfish and triggerfish nang yuan pinnacle red rock 26 19 m 10 30 m 10 m open water a large boulder with swim through arches and to the west a large cave to explore giant whiptail ray moray pipefish crabs titan triggerfish and reef shark twins 27 22 m 10 25 m 12 m open water three groups of granite rocks covered in corals and sponges divided by sandy patches and a backdrop of coral garden bluespotted ribbontail ray juvenile bluering angelfish six barred angelfish clownfish scorpionfish and pink anemone green rock 28 28 m 10 30 m 16 m open water a maze of swim throughs canyons caverns and caves created by large boulders yellow margin and titan triggerfish giant trevallies cobias and stingrays occasional reef shark sightings japanese gardens 14 m 10 15 m 10 m beginner hundreds of hard and soft coral formations creating the impression of an oriental garden a dive boat also rests at around 15 meters which was destroyed in the summer of 2009 and was towed to the site abundance of small coral fish and a variety of nudibranchs chumphon pinnacle 29 45 m 5 30 m 24 m experienced diver clarification needed four granite pinnacles carpeted with anemones whale shark seasonal giant grouper barracuda bull shark batfish and tuna southwest pinnacle 30 33 m 10 30 m 20 m advanced a collection of pinnacles with a unique topographical arrangement clarification needed giant fan corals whale shark seasonal giant grouper barracuda occasional leopard shark sail rock 31 45 m 15 35 m 30 m all levels huge rock chimmey with a vertical swim through that ascends from 18 m to 8 m amongst the gulf of thailands first diving sites large pelagics king mackerel tuna whale shark and manta map of scuba diving sites population edit to serve the tourist population some 3 000 5 000 burmese workers staff the island 32 there is a dominant thai family on the island that owns several dive schools resorts and bars 33 transportation edit main street ko tao motorbikes are the main form of transport and 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