Felidhu Atoll (also, Felidhe Atoll) is a natural
atoll of the
Maldives.
It is the least populated administrative atoll.
This atoll is located from the capital Malé, 90 minutes by speedboat and 5 hours by slow boat.
The
Vaavu Atoll
Vaavu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives, comprising the natural atolls of Felidhu Atoll and the Vattaru Reef.
It is the smallest administrative atoll in the Maldives in terms of population.
This atoll is located from the ca ...
administrative division includes two geographical atolls; Felidhu Atoll and the small egg-shaped
Vattaru Reef, which has only one little islet and is in diameter.
The easternmost geographical point of the Maldives is located at Foiytheyo Muli, close to Foiytheyobodufushi Island. This is thought to be the least visited island in the whole of Maldives being at the far eastern extremity and from the nearest inhabited island of
Keyodhoo.
[Romero-Frias, Xavier. ''The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom'']
No remains from the
Buddhist period have been found on this atoll. However the island of
Thinadhoo was famous for its old coral stone mosque noted for its fine masonry and woodcarvings comparable to those glorified by
Thor Heyerdahl in
Kudahuvadhoo. It was destroyed in the 1980s for building material and all that remains are four solid coral pillars that rest in the island school yard.
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.
Atolls of the Maldives
{{Maldives-geo-stub