Ross Atoll
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Rasdhoo |
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| Island Summary | |
| Belongs to | Alif Alif Atoll |
| Location | 854 |
| Area | |
| Population | 867 |
| Length | 575m |
| Width | 400m |
| Distance from Malé | 58.74km |
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Rasdhoo (Dhivehi: ރަސްދޫ) (Rasdu in the Admiralty Charts) is the capital of the Alif Alif Atolladministrative division. It is the only inhabited island of a small natural atoll, located a few miles off NE Ari Atoll, known as Rasdhoo or Rasdu Atoll.
[edit] Ross Atoll
Rasdhu Atoll (Ross Atoll in the Admiralty Chart) is a small atoll with an almost round lagoon. It is located almost 5 miles[vague] from the NE point of Ari Atoll. The northern and western sides are one continuous barrier reef, and the eastern side is another. The 4 mile wide lagoon has soundings from 15 to 20 fathoms (27 to 37 m) and abounds in detached coral patches.
This natural atoll was named Ross Atoll by Captain Robert Moresby during his survey of the Maldive Islands, after Captain Daniel Ross of the Bombay Navy, one of the first surveyors of the area. Captain Ross made brilliant surveys in the China Seas and later became the East India Company's Marine Surveyor General in Calcutta.
[edit] References
- 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.
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