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How many islands are there in Maldives?
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#89287. Asked by armindasantana. (Dec 02 07 8:23 AM)
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Many of the islands of the Maldives are atolls. An atoll is a cluster of small islands. So it might be hard to count the real number of islands.
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Just as the early history of Maldives is obscured in mystery, so is the exact number of islands in the archipelago. The British Admiralty chart lists some 1,100 islands, while a recent government count found 1,196. If sand bars and coral outcrops were included the figure would have been close to 2,000. Obtaining an accurate is further complicated by the fact that islands come and go. Some combine, others split in two and occasionally islets emerge from the coral reefs. A 1955 storm created three new islands in Shaviyani Atoll, while others have slowly eroded. Around 1960, for instance, the fairly large island of Feydhoo Finolhu in Male' Atoll almost vanished through a combination of natural erosion and inhabitants taking away sand. It was later rebuilt.
 http://www.themaldives.com/Maldives/Maldives_Geography.htm
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