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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).
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 ...
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.
“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 ...
Hithadhoo is the second largest island in the Maldives, with a surface area of 540 ha (5.4 km 2; 2.1 sq mi). It has a length of 6.8 km (4.2 mi) and a width of 1.8 km (1.1 mi) at its widest point. It has a length of 6.8 km (4.2 mi) and a width of 1.8 km (1.1 mi) at its widest point.
It is south of the Suvadiva Channel in the Republic of Maldives with a total area of 3,152 km 2, of which 38.5 km 2 is dry land. The atoll contains 255 islands. The atoll contains 255 islands. It is the second largest atoll in the country, after Boduthiladhunmathi (consisting of Haa Alif , Haa Dhaalu , Shaviyani , and Noonu administrative ...
The president of the Maldives said Saturday that his country's small size doesn't give anyone the license to bully it, in a sign of defiance toward India, the archipelago state's giant neighbor.
Time in Maldives is given by Maldives Time (MVT) . However, some island resorts operate their own time zone, known as Maldives Island Time, up to 2 hours ahead of the official Maldives Time. [1] [2] The Maldives does not currently observe daylight saving time as time does not vary in Maldives due to be located in the equator. [1]