Vaavu Atoll
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Vaavu Atoll |
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| Atoll Summary | |
| Administrative name | Vaavu Atoll |
| Atoll name | Felidhu Atoll |
| Location | 3° 41' N and 3° 13' N |
| Letter | J |
| Abbreviation | V (ވ) |
| Capital | Felidhoo |
| Population | 2144 |
| No. of Islands | 19 |
| Inhabited Islands | 5 |
| Atoll Chief | Ali Rasheed Abdul Rahman [1] |
| Inhabited Islands | |
| Felidhoo Fulidhoo Keyodhoo Rakeedhoo Thinadhoo | |
| Uninhabited Islands | |
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Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited |
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Vaavu Atoll or Felidhu Atoll is a natural atoll of the Maldives.
It is the smallest administrative atoll in terms of population.
This atoll is located 40 miles from capital Malé, 90 minutes by speedboat and 5 hours by slow boat.
The Vaavu Atoll administrative division includes two geographical atolls; Felidhu Atoll and the small egg-shaped Vattaru Reef, which has only one little islet and is 9 kilometers in diameter.
The easternmost geographical point of the Maldives is located at Fottheyo Muli, close to Fottheyo Island.[1]
No remains from the Buddhist period have been found on this atoll.
[edit] References
- ^ Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom
- Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Malé 1990.
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Romero-Frias, Xavier. The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999.
[edit] External links
- http://www.vaavuatoll.gov.mv Official Vaavu Atoll website'
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