Ko Lipe is a small island in the Adang-Rawi Archipelago of the Strait of Malacca, in Satun Province of southwest Thailand, close to the Malaysian border. Its Thai name, the corrupted form of the original Malay name, Pulau Nipis is also transliterated into English as "Koh Lipe", "Koh Lipeh", and "Ko Lipey".

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