Kudahuvadhoo
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| Waters |
Lakkadive Sea (Indian Ocean) |
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| Archipelago | South Nilandhe Atoll ( Maldives ) | |
| Geographical location | 2 ° 40 '18 " N , 72 ° 53' 37" E | |
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| length | 1.04 km | |
| width | 880 m | |
| surface | 69 hectares | |
| Residents | 1639 (2006) 2375 inhabitants / km² |
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Kudahuvadhoo ( Dhivehi : ކުޑަހުވަދޫ ) is a Maldivian island . It is the main island of the South Nilandhe Atoll .
geography
The island is located at the southern end of the South Nilandhe Atoll, which is identical to the administrative atoll of Dhaalu . Kudahuvadhoo is 181 km from the Maldivian capital Malé and 113 km from the nearest airport, Kadhdhoo Airport on the Laamu Atoll .
Kudahuvadhoo is 1,040 m long and up to 880 m wide, the total area is 0.69 km², while the reef , in which there are three other uninhabited islands, is 56.01 km². In 2006 there were 1639 people on the island.
history
Norwegian adventurer Thor Heyerdahl visited the island in the early 1980s . Above all, he admired the island's old mosque, the stonework of which he described as one of the most beautiful he had ever seen. Kudahuvadhoo was affected by the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and the subsequent tsunami, but the damage was minor.
Others
In March 2014, the island attracted worldwide attention after residents reported seeing the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 .
Web links
- Detailed Island Risk Assessment in Maldives. Volume III: Detailed Island Reports. Ie. Kudahuvadhoo - Part 1. In: planning.gov.mv (December 2007), accessed on March 18, 2014 (English).
- Isles: Kudahuvadhoo. In: isles.egov.mv , accessed on March 18, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tom Masters: Maldives. Lonely Planets, ISBN 978-1-74179-803-6 , p. 159 ( online ).
- ↑ Farah Ahmed, Ahmed Naif: Maldives island residents report sighting of 'low flying jet'. ( Memento of the original from March 9, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: haveeru.com.mv (March 18, 2014), accessed March 18, 2014 (English).
