Gaadhoo
Gaadhoo is a formerly inhabited island of Laamu Atoll.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fonadhoo.
Fonadhoo
Town
Fonadhoo is the capital island of the Laamu Atoll of the Maldives. The island has three villages: Barasil, Medhuavah and Kurigam. However, after the relocation of people from the neighbouring Gaadhoo, two new communities have emerged, one to the north of Baraasil and the other, south of Kurigam.
Gaadhoo
- Type: Island
- Description: island in Laamu Atoll, Maldives
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Maldives, South Asia, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
1.82143° or 1° 49′ 17″ north
Longitude
73.45202° or 73° 27′ 7″ east
Elevation
7 metres (23 feet)
Open location code
6JHMRFC2+HR
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Uzbek—“Gaadhoo” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Гадхо”
- Cebuano: “Gaadhoo”
- Dhivehi: “ގާދޫ”
- Dutch: “Gaadhoo”
- Japanese: “ガードゥー島”
- Slovak: “Gádú”
- Swedish: “Gaadhoo”
- Urdu: “گادھو”
- Uzbek: “Gaadhoo (Laamu Atoll)”
- Uzbek: “Gaadhoo”
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