Khao Lak

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Khao Lak เขาหลัก (Thai)
Coast
Khao Lak–Lam Ru National Park
Khao Lak Khao Lak in Thailand
Coordinates: 8°41′20″N 98°15′00″E / 8.68889°N 98.25000°E / 8.68889; 98.25000
Location	Takua Pa and Thai Mueang, Phang Nga, Thailand
Offshore water bodies	Andaman Sea
Etymology	Main Mountain
Native name	เขาหลัก (Thai)
Dimensions
• Length	20 kilometres (12 mi)

Khao Lak (Thai: เขาหลัก, pronounced [kʰǎw làk]) is a small village in Phang Nga province, located South of the main mountain. Tour operators like to use the popular name as location for a series of other villages, now tourist-oriented, mainly in the Takua Pa District of Phang Nga Province, Thailand.

The name "Khao Lak" literally translated means 'Main Mountain'. This was one of the peaks used by ancient sea farers as a landmark to guide them into the safe harbor at Thaplamu. Lak mountain is one of the main peaks in the hilly small mountainous region (maximum height 1,050 meters (3,440 ft) in Khao Lak-Lam Ru National Park.

The tiny village of Ban Khao Lak, the original beach, Hat Khao Lak, and the bay of Khao Lak (Ao Khao Lak) actually all lie in the Lam Kaen sub-district of Thai Mueang District. However the name Khao Lak has now grown to enclose many other villages in the area, mostly on the Northern side of the mountain in the Khukkhak sub-district of Takuapa district.