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Islands average only one to two square kilometers in area, and lie between 1–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in) above mean sea level. [1] Although some of the larger atolls are approximately 50 km (31 mi) long from north to south, and 30 km (19 mi) wide from east to west, no individual island is longer than eight kilometers.
Huvadhoo Atoll ( 'Huvadu Atoll' in the Admiralty Chart) measures 79 kilometres (49 miles) from north to south, embracing an area of about 2,900 square km. Huvadhu Atoll is fringed by a well-defined and almost continuous rim-reef. The exterior islands, formed in general of coral boulders on their seaward side (futtaru) and sand on the reef’s ...
The Maldives consists of 1,192 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 26 atolls, that stretch along a length of 871 kilometres (541 miles) north to south, 130 kilometres (81 miles) east to west, spread over roughly 90,000 square kilometres (35,000 sq mi), of which only 298 km 2 (115 sq mi) is dry land, making this one of the world's most ...
Malé [a] is the capital and most populous city of the Maldives.With a population of 211,908 in 2022 [1] within its administrative area and coterminous geographical area of 8.30 square kilometres (3.20 sq mi), Malé is also one of the most densely populated cities in the world.
The island is 274.96 km (171 mi; 148 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé. [3] 300 Hector Kulhudhuffushi is one of the largest and most populous islands in the northern part of the Maldives. The island itself is the administrative capital of the South Thiladhunmathi Atoll
The island is 78.95 km (49 mi; 43 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The land area of the island is 11.9 ha (29 acres) in 2018. [ 3 ] The land area is up from about 7.3 ha (18 acres) in 2007.
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.
Addu Atoll is the only area in the Maldives that was not affected by the 1998 global coral bleaching. The south of the Maldives was spared from the "too warm" major ocean currents of ( El Niño ). The bright and healthy corals start at the top of giris and thilas (about 1 meter [3 ft] under the surface) and slope down with the reef to a depth ...