Kaashidhoo

Kaashidhoo
  • Landsat 7
  • Path 146 Row 057
  • 12 January 2001

The small island of Kaashidhoo lies at the eastern side of the Kardiva Channel, located 20 km north from the small Gaafaru atoll and 30 km southeast from Faadhippolhu. The formation consists of an approximately rectangular-shaped island that is situated on the southeastern side of a reef-fringed platform. Measuring 2.9 km in length and around 1 km in width, the island covers an area of 2.75 km², making it the largest island of the Kaafu Atoll administrative division (which also includes North Male, South Male and Gaafaru atolls) and the fifth largest island of the entire archipelago.


image: millenium coral reefs landsat archive/usf millenium global coral reef mapping project/nasa seawifs/nasa jsc

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