Giraavaru
Giraavaru is an island of Malé Atoll nowadays hosting a tourist resort. It is located on the southwestern fringe of the lagoon of North Malé Atoll. It was inhabited in the past by the community known as Giraavaru people.- Type: Islet
- Description: island in Kaafu Atoll, Maldives
- Also known as: “Giraavaru Falhu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Thilafushi.
Thilafushi
Island
Photo: Fizan, Public domain.
Thilafushi is an artificial island created by government decision in 1991 as a municipal landfill situated to the west of Malé, and is located between Kaafu Atoll's Giraavaru and Gulhifalhu of the Maldives. Thilafushi is situated 3 km southeast of Giraavaru.
Giraavaru
- Categories: island, coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Kaafu, Maldives, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
4.2004° or 4° 12′ 1″ northLongitude
73.41283° or 73° 24′ 46″ eastOpen location code
6JPM6C27+54OpenStreetMap ID
way 19882148OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=islet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Giraavaru” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جيرافارو”
- Bulgarian: “Гиравару”
- Cebuano: “Giravaru”
- Dhivehi: “Giraavaru”
- Dhivehi: “ގިރާވަރު”
- Dutch: “Giraavaru”
- French: “Giraavaru”
- Italian: “Giravaru”
- Slovak: “Girávaru”
- Swedish: “Giraavaru”
- Swedish: “Giravaru”
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