Maliku Atoll

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Minicoy Minicoy
Atoll Summary
Administrative name Minicoy
Atoll name Maliku Atoll
Location
Population 9495
No. of Islands 2
Inhabited Islands 1
Inhabited Islands
Maliku
Uninhabited Islands

Viringili


Resort islands, Airports and Industrial islands are also considered uninhabited

Maliku Atoll is the southernmost atoll of the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The only inhabited island in this atoll is Minicoy.

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[edit] Maliku Kandu

This is the traditional name of the broad channel between Minicoy (Maliku) and Ihavandippulhu (Haa Alif Atoll) in the Maldives and Minicoy. In the Admiralty Charts it is called Eight Degree Channel. Other names for this channel are Addigiri Kandu and Māmalē Kandu. It appeared in old French maps with the name 'Courant de Malicut'.

[edit] References

  • Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh. Divehi Bahāi Tārikhah Khidmaiykurā Qaumī Markazu. Reprint 1958 edn. Male’ 1990.
  • Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
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