Gan
Gan is the southernmost island of Addu Atoll, as well as the southernmost island of the Maldives. It is relatively large by Maldive standards. The origin of the word "Gan" is in the Sanskrit word "Grama", meaning "village".| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Addu Atoll, Maldives
- Also known as: “Gamu”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gan International Airport and Feydhoo.
Gan International Airport
Aerodrome
Photo: ╚ DD╔, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Gan International Airport is an international airport located on the island of Gan in Addu Atoll in the island nation of the Maldives. As of June 2024, it is one of five international airports in the Maldives.
Feydhoo
Island
Feydhoo is one of the inhabited islands of the Addu Atoll. The people of Feydhoo are former residents of Gan. Gan was a very fertile island with its coconut palms, breadfruit trees, yam, binbi and numerous other types of trees flourishing.
Gan
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Addu, Maldives, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-0.69451° or 0° 41′ 40″ southLongitude
73.15167° or 73° 9′ 6″ eastPopulation
1,100United Nations Location Code
MV GANOpen location code
6JFM8542+5MOpenStreetMap ID
way 31786869OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastlineOpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Gan” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “غان”
- Cebuano: “Gan Island”
- Chinese: “甘島”
- Dhivehi: “ގަން”
- Dutch: “Gan”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جان”
- German: “Gan Island”
- German: “Gan”
- Japanese: “ガン島”
- Russian: “Ган (остров)”
- Russian: “Ган”
- Slovak: “Gan”
- Spanish: “Gan”
- Swedish: “Gan Island”
- Swedish: “Gan”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Meteorology Office Gan and Maldives National Defence Force Southern Command.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Gan”. Photo: ╚ DD╔, CC BY 2.0.