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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 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.
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 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.
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.
The island is 75.97 km (47 mi; 41 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [2] The land area of the island is 12.7 ha (31 acres) in 2018. [ 3 ] The land area is about 9.1 ha (22 acres) bigger than it was in 2007.
The island is 378.07 km (235 mi; 204 nmi) south of the country's capital, Malé. [2] It is located on the northeastern rim of Huvadu Atoll.Traditionally this island is also known as 'Huvadu Atoll Vilingili'.