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The Maldives government have adapted infrastructure in capital city Malé to the threats of climate change, including beginning to build a wall around the city. Climate change is a major issue for the Maldives. As an archipelago of low-lying islands and atolls in the Indian Ocean, the existence of the Maldives is severely threatened by sea ...
The location of the Maldives An enlargeable map of the Republic of Maldives. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to the Maldives: . The Maldives – island nation comprising a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean. [1]
The Maldives became a founding member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The Maldives is a member of the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, and the Non-Aligned Movement. The World Bank classifies the Maldives as having an upper-middle income economy. [15]
The southernmost Atoll of the Maldives, Addu Atoll, is not visible on the image. 1814 map of 'The Maldiva Islands' by Captain James Horsburgh. The Maldives are formed by 20 natural atolls , along with a few islands and isolated reefs today which form a pattern stretching from 7 degrees 10′ North to 0 degrees 45′ South.
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On old French maps it appeared as Courant de Souadou. Roughly in the middle of the broad Huvadu channel there is a small bank known as Medutila (also called Derahaa ). This place is the peak of a submarine mountain, and perhaps an atoll in the process of formation.
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