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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.
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 ...
Download QR code; Print/export ... Maldives: Administrative atoll ... • Council: Maandhoo city council: Area • Total. 0.706 km 2 (0.273 sq mi) Dimensions ...
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 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.
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.
Download QR code; Print/export ... Maldives: Geographic atoll ... 110.62 km (68.74 mi) Area • Total. 0.24 km 2 (0.09 sq mi) Dimensions • Length: 1.000 km (0.621 ...
The island is 258.78 km (161 mi; 140 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The island lies on the North West of the atoll near the border with Miladhunmadulhu-Thiladhunmathi atoll borders. The total land area of the island is 0.89 km 2 (0.34 sq mi) and surrounded by deep lagoons on the northern and southern end of the island, where ...