Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)

Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll)

Maldives Island
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island

island=Gaafaru
atoll=Kaafu Atoll
location=
population=1135
length=525m
width=300m
male-distance=63.50 km
island_chief=Mohamed Rameez
phone= +960 6641941
fax= +960 6641941

Gaafaru (Dhivehi: ގާފަރު) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru.

Gaafaru Atoll

Gaafaru or Gahaafaru (Northern Reef) is a large elliptical reef with only a small inhabited island at its eastern end. This reef has proved disastrous to many vessels. Gaafaru reef is as much a separate atoll as Goidu or Rasdhu which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Malé Atoll by a narrow but deep channel. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre.

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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