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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 dhoni.
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.
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.
External links
- http://www.vaavuatoll.gov.mv Official Vaavu Atoll website'
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