Maldives location. The country is comprised of 1192 islands that stretch along a length of 871 kilometers. The chain of 26 atolls stretches. The islands of the maldives are lowlands and none of them rises 6 above sea level.
Known as the republic of maldives the country is directly south of india and southwest of sri lanka. The maldives is a nation of islands in the indian ocean that spans across the equator. Dhivehi raajje officially the republic of maldives is a small island nation in south asia situated in the arabian sea of the indian oceanit lies southwest of sri lanka and india about 700 kilometres 430 mi from the asian continents mainland.
Maldives has a total coastline of 644km with northernmost atoll is situated around 110 km south of indias mini coy atoll 480 km south east of india cape comorin and 649 km west of sri lanka. It is a country entirely made up of small coral islands scattered over a large area of sea. It consists of a chain of about 1200 small coral islands and sandbanks some 200 of which are inhabited grouped in clusters or atolls.
It takes about 75 minutes to fly from colombo to maldives about an hour and half from trivendrum of india. The maldives m l d i v s us. The maldives is located south west of sri lanka in the indian ocean.
Maldives in full republic of maldives also called maldive islands independent island country in the north central indian ocean. Comprised of an estimated 1200 islands the maldives is not completely occupied. M l d a v z.