Maldive islands A to Z
The maldive islands consists of around 1200 covered with palms and vegetation, of which about 200 of these tropical islands are inhabited and at the time of writing this page there are 90 tourist resorts.
There are also a great many sandbars and coral outcrops with little or no vegetation but if you count these as islands this takes the total number to approximately 2000.
Islands in the Maldives can have different shapes in different seasons as they are washed by the currents of the ocean in opposite directions for six months at a time.
The reef belt that these island rise from are known as atolls and while their origin is unknown there are two main theories.
Charles Darwin suggests that they are a sunken volcano, that after an eruption around 50 million years ago slowly sank into the sea and then corals grew around the edge.The other main theory is from the Austrian scientist Hans Hass who suggests that the coral has been growing on the mountain chain in the Indian Ocean for hundreds of thousands of years, creating a coral platform that protrudes above the current sea level, but however they were formed there is no doubt that the Maldive islands are among the most beautiful in the world.
Resort islands in the Maldives A to Z
Adaaran Club Bathala~~~North Ari atoll
Adaaran Club Rannalhi~~~South Male atoll
Adaaran Hudhurafushi~~~North Male atoll
Adaaran Meedhupparu~~~Raa atoll
Alimatha Aquatic Resort~~~Felidhe atoll
Anantara Resort~~~South Male atoll
Angaga Island Resort~~~South Ari atoll
Angsana Resort & Spa Ihuru~~~North Male atoll
Angsana Resort & Spa Velavaru~~~Dhaalu atoll
Asdu Sun Island~~~North Male atoll
Athuruga Island Resort~~~South Ari atoll
Bandos Island Resort~~~North Male atoll
Banyan Tree Maldives Madivaru~~~North Ari atoll
Banyan Tree Maldives Vabbinfaru~~~North Male atoll
Baros Holiday Resort~~~North Male atoll
Biyadoo Island Resort~~~South Male atoll
Bodu Huraa Island Resort~~~South Male atoll
Chaaya Lagoon Hakurra Club~~~Meemu atoll
Cinnamon Island Alidhoo~~~Haa atoll
Club Faru~~~North Male atoll
Coco Palm Boduhithi~~~North Male atoll
Coco Palm Dhuni Kolhu~~~Baa Atoll
Cocoa Island Maldives~~~South Male Atoll
Dhidhoo Finolhu Water Village~~~South Ari Atoll
Dhiggiri Tourist Resort~~~Felidhe Atoll
Dhoni Mighili~~~North Ari Atoll
Dhonveli Beach Resort~~~North Male Atoll
Embudhu Village~~~South Male Atoll
Equator Village~~~Addu Atoll
Eriyadu Island Resort~~~North Male Atoll
Fihalhohi Tourist Resort~~~South Male Atoll
Filitheyo Island Resort~~~Faafu Atoll
Four Seasons Kuda Huraa~~~North Male Atoll
Four Seasons Landaa Giraavaru~~~Baa Atoll
Full Moon Resort Maldives~~~North Male Atoll
Gangehi Island Resort~~~North Ari Atoll
Gasfinolhu~~~North Male Atoll
More Maldive Islands
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