Maliku Kandu
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Maliku Kandu, Dv. for "Minicoy Channel", is the traditional name of the broad channel between Minicoy (Maliku) and Ihavandippulhu (Northern Thiladhunmathi Atoll) in the north of Maldives.
In the British Admiralty charts it is called Eight Degree Channel. Other local names for the Maliku Kandu are Addigiri Kandu and Māmalē Kandu.
This channel appeared in old French maps with the name Courant de Malicut.
[edit] History
Traditionally the Northermost atoll of the Maldives was Minicoy (Maliku). Fishermen from Thuraakunu and from Minicoy often crossed the Maliku Kandu on their boats to visit each other's islands. Marriage alliances were common.
Nowadays Minicoy is a part of India and communication between Minicoy and Maldives by sea is highly restricted.
[edit] References
- Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
- Xavier Romero-Frias, The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. 1999, ISBN 84 7254 801 5
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