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A beach in Fuvahmulah . The island is 494.2 km (307 mi; 267 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [7] The Fuvahmulah city is about 4.5 by 1.2 km (2.80 by 0.75 mi) with a submerged reef (Rashikedefaro) extending for about 3 km (1.9 mi) in a southeasterly direction. The island is the third largest in the Maldives. In the past, Fuvahmulah ...
Fuvahmulah was traditionally divided into nine wards. From north to south these wards were Dhadimago and Diguvāndo (both stretching from east to west shore), Hōdhado and Dhashokubaa (both segmental), separated by Mādhado (a diagonal strip of parallel width); whilst the other four divisions, which occupied the southern part of the island, consisted of two eastern and western strips bisected ...
The umbrella term Pacific Islands has taken on several meanings. [1] Sometimes it is used to refer only to the islands defined as lying within Oceania. [2] [3] [4] At other times, it is used to refer to the islands of the Pacific Ocean that were previously colonized by the British, French, Spaniards, Portuguese, Dutch, or Japanese, or by the United States.
Fuvahmulah- Areca nut (Fuvah in the local language) is a major product of this atoll or island in vast quantities from ancient times. The original name of the island could have simply been Mulah, but was called Fuvahmulah (the Mulah (island) of the arecanut palms) to distinguish it from Boli Mulah - another important island in ancient Maldives.
The Nggela Islands or Ngella Islands, [1] previously known as the Florida Islands, are a small island group in the Central Province of Solomon Islands, [2] a sovereign state, since 1978, in the southwest Pacific Ocean. The name Florida Islands fell into disuse following Solomon Islands' independence in 1978.
Today the term South Seas, or South Sea, most commonly refers to the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of the equator. [1] [2] [3] The term South Sea may also be used synonymously for Oceania, or even more narrowly for Polynesia or the Polynesian Triangle, an area bounded by the Hawaiian Islands, New Zealand and Easter Island.
The Pacific Ocean islands are not part of a submerged landmass but rather the tips of isolated volcanoes. Map of Easter Island showing locations of the ahu and moai. This is the case, in particular, of Easter Island, which is a recent volcanic peak surrounded by deep ocean (3,000 m deep at 30 km off the island).
Fuvahmulah Airport (Dhivehi: ފުވައްމުލަކު އެއަރޕޯޓް, IATA: FVM [2], ICAO: VRMR [1]) is a domestic airport located on the island of Fuvahmulah (also known as Fuvahmulaku) [1] [3] in Gnaviyani Atoll, Maldives. It was opened in November 2011.