Hòn Mê Island

Hòn Mê lies off the coast of Thanh Hóa in the Gulf of Tonkin, the largest of a group of small islands near the shore. Wooded slopes rise above the sea, while rocky islets dot the waters around it. The island stands offshore from the narrow coastal plain of northern Vietnam, where rivers descend from inland hills to meet the gulf. Its surrounding waters form part of the route along the Vietnamese coast.