Islet Made Famous by Bond Movie


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This tiny 20 metres tall rocky Islet located in the Phang Nga Bay, Thailand is officially named Ko Tapu (English meaning: Nail Islet). After release (1974) of James Bond's Movie "The Man With Golden Gun", in which this Island was used in back ground of a scene, every one started calling it James Bond Island. The name has stuck and it is now a very popular tourist attraction. Almost all the tourists who visit Phuket make it a point to take a boat ride around this rock.

Video clip from the "The Man With Golden Gun" with this island in background can be seen in the initial few seconds of this YouTube.

Incidentally the little island has been morphed and converted into many imaginative castles and buildings. Few examples are;

This morphed image by Norrit won 1st place entry in Bizarrchitecture 3 series of Photo Effects Contests organised by worth1000.com

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Main source of info: Wikipedia

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