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exclusive economic zone: 923,322 km 2 (356,497 sq mi; 269,198 sq nmi) Elevation extremes: lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m highest point: unnamed location on Vilingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 metres (7.9 ft) [The Maldives constitute the flattest country, i.e. they have the lowest high-point, of any country in the world).
It is a huge atoll stretching SSW for 76 kilometres (47 miles) and contains nearly forty islands generally of a fair size. Kelaa , a large island forms a prominent point in the NE of this atoll. The western boundary has fewer islands but more isolated reefs or micro-atolls (called faru in Maldivian ), with wide passages between them.
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 ...
≈ 1 hour walk, Currently defined in US as 3 Statute miles, [3] but historically varied from 2 to 9 km ≈ 4828 m: light-day: ≡ 24 light-hours ≡ 2.590 206 837 12 × 10 13 m: light-hour: ≡ 60 light-minutes ≡ 1.079 252 8488 × 10 12 m: light-minute: ≡ 60 light-seconds ≡ 1.798 754 748 × 10 10 m: light-second: ≡ Distance light ...
This list includes all islands in the world larger than 1,000 km 2 (390 sq mi). For size and location reference, the four continental landmasses are also shown. Continental landmasses Continental landmasses are not usually classified as islands despite being completely surrounded by water. [Note 1] However, because the definition of continent varies between geographers, the Americas are ...
“Here at Kurumba Maldives we don’t use island time and never have, simply because as the first resort in the Maldives the concept of island time didn’t exist,” says Ali Farooq, resort ...
Many workers in warmer climates observe siesta during the afternoon, between 2 pm and 5 pm, effecting a pause in business hours, and resuming business in the evenings. La siesta is a Spanish language term which refers to a short nap of 15–30 minutes. [1] Business hours usually occur on weekdays. However, the days of the week on which business ...
The Maldives – island nation comprising a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. [1] The Maldives is located south of India's Lakshadweep islands, and about seven hundred kilometres (435 mi) south-west of Sri Lanka. The twenty-six atolls of Maldives' encompass a territory featuring 1,192 islets, two hundred and fifty islands of which are inhabited.