Gan Island
Gan Island is an island in Addu, Maldives.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gan International Airport and Gan.
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.
Gan
Island
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".
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. Feydhoo is situated 2½ km northwest of Gan Island.
Gan Island
- Type: Island
- Category: landform
- Location: Addu, Maldives, South Asia, Asia
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Latitude
-0.69448° or 0° 41′ 40″ southLongitude
73.1553° or 73° 9′ 19″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)IATA airport code
GANOpen location code
6JFM8544+64GeoNames ID
1282316
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In Other Languages
“Gan Island” goes by many names.
- French: “Île de Gan”
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