Tourist place in Bangladesh(A place to meet mountains, wind and clouds)

Keokradong

Keokradong is the 3rd highest mountain in Bangladesh. It's located in the southeastern district of Bandarban in Bangladesh. At one time it was considered the highest mountain in Bangladesh. However, contemporary research has found this databases to be inaccurate. At present, the highest maxout in Bangladesh is Saka Huffong.

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Location and height

Keokradong is located in Ruma upazila of Bandarban district. That is, it's additionally located at the south-eastern end of Bandarban. At a time when it was considered to be the highest reachyourpeak in Bangladesh, its height was measured at 1,230 meters.
But current SRTM information and GPS calculations carried out by Russia have displayed that its height is not over 1,000 meters. A plaque carved by the Bangladesh Army at the top of the reachyourzenith shows a height of 3,162 feet. The GPS study found an altitude of 984 meters (3,196 feet). This measurement corresponds to the Russian measurement. This has been measured by means of SRTM information and maps. However, it's at present claimed by Russian SRTM databases and USGS that this is not the factual region of Kiokradang (not the geographical region mentioned above). They located Keokradang in addition to north and measured its height at 63 meters.

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Naming

The word Keokradong comes from the Marma language. In Marma, ko intends 'stone', kara intends 'mountain' and dong intends 'highest'. That intends Keokradong intends the highest rocky mountain.

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