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Maldive Islands are low-lying islands, just six feet above the sea level. Built on top of the crowns of a submerged, ancient volcano, the islands are made of coral atolls or reefs which are ring ...
The islands in the atolls of the Maldives rest on the shelf provided by the reefs. Many reefs have no islands at all, but all islands in the Maldives have an underlying coralline reef. Usually islands are flat and sandy. Often there is a rocky bottom made up of a coral rock conglomerate underneath the island proper.
The Maldives, [d] officially the Republic of Maldives, [e] and historically known as the Maldive Islands, is a country and archipelagic state in South Asia in the Indian Ocean. The Maldives is southwest of Sri Lanka and India , about 750 kilometres (470 miles; 400 nautical miles) from the Asian continent's mainland.
Gan is one of the uninhabited islands of Southern Huvadhu Atoll, in the Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll administrative division of the Maldives and is the largest natural island in Huvadhu Atoll. Gan Island was formerly inhabited, but its inhabitants moved to neighboring islands after a severe epidemic at the end of the 18th century.
Out of 1,192 islands of the Maldives, 187 are inhabited. [1] They are listed by administrative division/atoll. The islands are divided into: Inhabited islands- those officially recognized as towns, villages, fishing, and farming communities with permanent human habitation. They all have an island office and island chiefs (councilor and "katheeb ...
Maafushi (Dhivehi: މާފުށި) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll and the leading local tourism island of the Maldives.. The island's proximity to Malé and its transport hubs has allowed Maafushi to become a popular destination for tourists visiting local islands.
Fulidhoo is one of the islands of the Vaavu Atoll. Located in the Laccadive Sea, the island is 55.7 km (35 mi; 30 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The land area of the island is 11.3 ha (28 acres) in 2018, [3] up from 9.7 ha (24 acres) in 2007. [4]
The island is located in the Heart of the Atoll, along with the 2 other inhabited islands of Felidhoo and Keyodhoo. The island is 75.97 km (47 mi; 41 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The land area of the island is 12.7 ha (31 acres) in 2018. [3] The land area is about 9.1 ha (22 acres) bigger than it was in 2007. [4]