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Hahdhunmathi

Islands of Laamu Atoll

Laamu Atoll, the administrative atoll formed from Hahdhunmathi in the southern Maldives, has 72 mapped islands. Its capital is Fonadhoo.

  • 72Islands
  • 11Inhabited
  • 10Resorts

Species recorded in Laamu Atoll 4

Yellow Mangrove (Ceriops tagal) – KaramanaYellow Mangrove (Ceriops tagal) – KaramanaBrown Land Crab – Cardisoma carnifexBrown Land Crab – Cardisoma carnifexParaleptuca Crassipes – thick-legged fiddler crabParaleptuca Crassipes – thick-legged fiddler crabTetragonal Fiddler CrabTetragonal Fiddler CrabGelasimus tetragonon

Also mentioning Laamu Atoll

Bondana – Tibetan Sand-PloverBondana – Tibetan Sand-PloverAnarhynchus atrifrons

Dive sites & protected areas in Laamu Atoll

Dive siteBodu Finolhu and Vadinolhu Kandu Olhi AreaLaamu · 706 haDive siteGaadhoo – Hithadhoo Kan’du AreaLaamu · 776 haMangrove & wetlandGaadhoo Turtle Nesting Area, Mangrove and Seagrass AreaLaamu · 615 haMangrove & wetlandGan Boda Fengan’du AreaLaamu · 15 haMangrove & wetlandHithadhoo Wetland and Surrounding Marine AreaLaamu · 43 haDive siteMaabaidhoo Koaru and Fushi Kan’du AreaLaamu · 521 ha

Laamu Atoll

Hahdhunmathi · 72 islands, 11 inhabited
DhanbidhooދަނބިދޫInhabited islandFonadhooފޮނަދޫInhabited island★GanގަންInhabited islandHithadhooހިތަދޫInhabited island4IsdhooއިސްދޫInhabited islandKalhaidhooކަޅައިދޫInhabited islandKunahandhooކުނަހަންދޫInhabited islandMaabaidhooމާބައިދޫInhabited islandMaamendhooމާމެންދޫInhabited islandMaavahމާވަށްInhabited islandMundooމުންޑޫInhabited islandBaresdhooResort islandBodu mungnafushiResort islandBodufinolhuResort islandBoduhuraa falhuthereResort islandFaresResort islandGahagandufinolhuResort islandKudafaresResort islandMahakanfushiResort islandOlhuveliResort islandVadinolhuResort islandAarahaaUninhabited islandAthahendhaUninhabited islandBodufenrahaaUninhabited islandBoduhuraa falhuthereUninhabited islandBodumaabulhaliUninhabited islandBodumahigulhiUninhabited islandBokaiyfushiUninhabited islandBurrahaaUninhabited islandDhekunuvinaganduUninhabited islandDhonberahaaUninhabited islandEnberahaaUninhabited islandFenboarahaaUninhabited islandFonagaadhooUninhabited islandFushiUninhabited islandGaadhooގާދޫUninhabited islandGuraidhooUninhabited islandHaiythoshiUninhabited islandHanhushiUninhabited islandHendhaUninhabited islandHikandhirahaaUninhabited islandHolhurahaaUninhabited islandHulhimendhooUninhabited islandHulhisdhooUninhabited islandHulhiyandhooUninhabited islandKahdhooUninhabited islandKalhurahaaUninhabited islandKandaruUninhabited islandKanuhuraaUninhabited islandKashidhooUninhabited islandKokurahaaUninhabited islandKuda munyafushiUninhabited islandKudafenrehaaUninhabited islandKudafushiUninhabited islandKudamaabulhaliUninhabited islandKudarahUninhabited islandKudaveshiUninhabited islandKuredhirehaaUninhabited islandMaafushiމާފުށިUninhabited islandMaakalhuveliUninhabited islandMaaveshiUninhabited islandMedhu vinaganduUninhabited islandMendhooUninhabited islandOlhutholhuUninhabited islandRahaaUninhabited islandThathunrahaaUninhabited islandThunburiUninhabited islandUthuru vinaganduUninhabited islandVeligandufinolhuUninhabited islandFenboahuraaIsland (other use)MaandhooIndustrial islandUvadhevifushiProposed resort

Island data: Wikidata (CC0) and the island register used by the Dhiveshi almanac; population from the Maldives Population and Housing Census (2014, 2022) where available. Maps © OpenStreetMap contributors, satellite imagery © Esri. Photos from Wikimedia Commons are credited with their author and licence.