Maldives { Maldive Islands }

17 July 2008 4,187 views No Comment Print This Post

The Maldives archipelago located 300 miles south west of the tip of the India and 450 miles west of Sri Lanka, the beautiful string of 1,190 low lying of coral islands scattered across the equator in the vast spread of the Indian ocean. It’s given us an extraordinary quick look of that is appropriately described as a tropical paradise.

These islands consist of beautiful white sparkling white sandy beaches, crystal clear lagoons, colorful corals and warm seas with undisturbed marine life. Most of the traveler described as Maldives as one of the wonder of the world.

This wonderful country has extraordinary three things which tourists desire, such as the sun, sand and sea. Islands of Maldives give glorious sense of happiness and proving to be a heavenly opportunity from the world and its worries.

The Maldives educates the guests the enjoyable art of doing nothing, basically relaxing around and get pleasure from some of the most speculator and colorful panorama offer by nature.

Short description of Maldives

Geogarphical Location : Indian Ocean.

Archipelago : Maldives lies on north to south its length is 823 kms and with is about 130 kms,

Area, about 90,000sq kms.

Island / Atoll: Maldives is consist of about 1190 island and country administratively divided in to 20 Atoll.

Largest Atoll : Huvadu Atoll.. ( Area about 6486 sq miles)

Smallest Atoll : Gnaviyani Atoll, ( area about 4.81 sq miles)

Immediate Neighbors: Sri Lanka and India are located northeast of Maldives. Lakshadweep Island to the north , Chagos Archipelago to the south and the Seychelles to the southwest.

Capital: Male’

Airport: Male’ International Airport on Hulhule Island, its two kilometers east of capital Male’.