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Kandihera-Maakandu Channel (Manta Point Addu)

  • 735 haProtected zone
  • 2018Protected since
  • 7.4 kmFrom Hithadhoo
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Dive siteProtected areaSandbankSeenu Atoll

Kandihera-Maakandu Channel (Manta Point Addu) is a dive site in Seenu Atoll (Addu Atholhu), Maldives. It was declared a protected area in 2018 under the Environment Protection and Preservation Act. The protected zone covers about 735.0 hectares (7.35 km²). The nearest inhabited island is Hithadhoo, about 7.4 km away.

Nearest islands

  1. FathikedeheragaduUninhabited0.8 km
  2. Kodadhihera ganduUninhabited1.0 km
  3. Kandihera ganduUninhabited1.6 km
  4. AboohuraaUninhabited6.7 km
  5. KedevaaheraUninhabited6.8 km
  6. GaukendiUninhabited6.9 km

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Protected area record: Environmental Protection Agency, Protected Areas of the Maldives (2023–2024 lists). The circle on the map shows the size of the protected zone, not its exact boundary.