ADDU ATOLL HANDB OOK MALDIVES HERITAGE SURVEY ADDU ATOLL HANDBOOK Compiled by Ahmed Ikram 9 August 2018 Maldives Heritage Survey is a project, based at the Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies, led by Dr Michael Feener and funded by Arcadia. Work in the country will be done in partnership with the Maldives Department of Heritage with additional support from the Earth Observatory of Singapore. Contact: Dr Michael Feener Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies Marston Road Oxford. OX3 0EE Email: [email protected] Front Cover: Attractive 1780 map of southern India by the French cartographer Rigobert Bonne. Covers from the Deccan plateau South as far as the Maldives and as Far East as the Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Includes Ceylon or Sri Lanka. Shows the direction of the important Indian Ocean trade winds and their corresponding seasons. The regularity of the trade winds in the Indian Ocean generated active nautical trade routes well into antiquity. Published as plate no. L 3 in Bonne's 1780 Atlas de Toutes les Parties Connues du Globe Terrestre . Maldives Heritage Survey maldivesheritage.oxcis.ac.uk/ Table of Contents Important Telephone Numbers: ............................................................................................................ 1 City Council Information ....................................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Sites inscribed in the Maldives Tangible Heritage Tentative List -2015 (DOH:2015) ................ 3 Inhabited Island Sheets .......................................................................................................................... 4 Feydhoo (FYD) .................................................................................................................................. 5 Hithadhoo (HTD) .............................................................................................................................. 6 Maradhu (MRD) ............................................................................................................................... 11 Hulhumeedhu (HMD) ...................................................................................................................... 16 Uninhabited Island Sheets .................................................................................................................... 21 Aboohera (ABH) ............................................................................................................................. 22 Beydhe’ Aurah (BEA) ....................................................................................................................... 23 Boduhajaraa (BHR) .......................................................................................................................... 24 Dheerondi (Dhiarudhi) (DRD) ........................................................................................................ 25 Dhigiheraa (DHR) ............................................................................................................................ 26 Fathikedeheragadu (FDR) ................................................................................................................ 27 Gan (GAN) ...................................................................................................................................... 28 Gaukendi (GKD) .............................................................................................................................. 32 Geskalhahera (GKH) ....................................................................................................................... 33 Gomahera (Kudhumadihera) (GMH) .............................................................................................. 34 Hankede (HKD) ............................................................................................................................... 35 Herethere (HET) ............................................................................................................................. 36 Hikahera (HKH) .............................................................................................................................. 37 Kandiheragandu (KHG) ................................................................................................................... 38 Kaohera (KAO) ............................................................................................................................... 39 Kedavaahera (KDH) ........................................................................................................................ 40 Kodakadiheragandu (KKH) .............................................................................................................. 41 Kudhumaahera (KMH) ..................................................................................................................... 42 Maahera (MAH) ............................................................................................................................... 43 Mulikede (MUK) .............................................................................................................................. 44 Savaaheli (SVH) ................................................................................................................................ 45 Viligili (VGL) ..................................................................................................................................... 46 Lost & Found ................................................................................................................................... 47 Bibliography ......................................................................................................................................... 48 Maldives Heritage Survey maldivesheritage.oxcis.ac.uk/ Important Telephone Numbers: Hospitals & Health Centre International Medical and Diagnostic Centre Hithadhoo Regional Hospital IMDCMH Albany, Phone: 688-8672 Seenu Hithadhoo, Addu Atoll, Republic of Maldives Telephone :+960 – 688 8802 Fax :+960 – 688 8803 Hotline: +960 – 799 8802 Email :[email protected] , [email protected] Police Airport S.Gan Police Station Gan International Airport Tel: 979-2058 Building No 100 Addu City, Gan S.Hithadhu Police Station 19070 , Republic of Maldives Tel: (+960) 9791612 Tel: +9606898010 Fax: +9606898009 S.Hulhumeedhu Police Station http://www.ganairport.com Tel: (+960) 9791366 City Council Information Addu City Council, Phone: 688 5003 Mobile: 790 5003 Fax: 688 5002 Email: [email protected] Website: adducity.gov.mv Councilors: Hithadhu North Hithadhu-South Abdulla Sodiq, Mayor Mohamed Yasrif, Deputy Mayor Mobile: Mobile: Hithadhoo-Medhu Maradhu Jamsheedha Mohamed, Councilor Faisal Ibrahim, Councilor Mobile: Mobile: Feydhu Hulhudhu Ali Fahmy Ahmed, Councilor Ibrahim Shukry, Councilor Mobile: Mobile: Meedhu / Maradhoo-Feydhu Hussain Hiyaz, Councilor Mobile: Maldives Heritage Survey maldivesheritage.oxcis.ac.uk/ 1 Introduction Addu Atoll is located south of Addu Kandu, which is 48 miles from Huvadhu Atoll. The Atoll has four channels, two on the southern side and 2 on the north. Islands formed on the all sides of the atoll except the northern side. The administration of the Atoll is under Addu City Council.. There are two tourist resorts, one in Viligili and the other in Herathera. Maradhoo Island has a port, Gan Island has an international airport, a tourist hotel called Equator Village and a MNDF military base. Number of Inhabited Islands1: 6 No. Island Area Ha Map. Ref Lat Lon 1 Feydhoo 64.8 22.B7 0°40′55"� 73°08′07"� 2 Hithadhoo 526.5 22.A6 0°36′24"� 73°05′21"� 3 Hulhudhoo (Hulhumeedhu) 105.4 22.D5 0°35′35"� 73°13!42"� 4 Maradhoo 57.8 22.B7 0°39′56"� 73°07′08"� 5 Maradhufeydhoo 34.3 22.B7 0°40′25"� 73°07′33"� 6 Meedhoo (Hulhumeedhu) 182.7 22.D5 0°35′00"� 73°13′47"� Number of Uninhabited Islands2: 22 No. Island Area Ha Map. Ref Lat Lon 1 Aboohera 17.3 22.B6 0°38′31"� 73°06′16"� 2 Beydhe’aurah <3.0 22.A5 0°35′21"� 73°05′14"� 3 Boduhajaraa <3.0 22.B7 0°40′39"� 73°07′24"� 4 Dheerondi (Dhiarudhi) <3.0 5.C3 0°35′41"� 73°05′14"� 5 Dhigiheraa 3.3 22.B7 0°41′11"� 73°07′52"� 6 Fathikedeheragadu <3.0 22.C6 0°36′43"� 73°08′55"� 7 Gan 288.6 22.C7 0°41′40"� 73°09′19"� 8 Gaukendi 5.5 22.B6 0°38′57"� 73°06′25"� 9 Geskalhahera <3.0 22.D6 0°38′45"� 73°13′15"� 10 Gomahera (Kudhumadihera) 3.1 22.C7 0°41′27"� 73°10′58"� 11 Hankede 7.1 22.B6 0°39′21"� 73°06′40"� 12 Herethere 81.4 22.D6 0°36′59"� 73°13′27"� 13 Hikahera <3.0 22.D5 0°34′46"� 73°13′16"� 14 Kandiheragandu <3.0 22.B6 0°36′54"� 73°08′29"� 15 Kaohera 6.4 22.A5 0°35′20"� 73°05′18"� 16 Kedavaahera <3.0 22.D5 0°34′35"� 73°12′24"� 17 Kodakadiheragandu <3.0 22.C6 0°36′47"� 73°08′51"� 18 Kudhumaahera <3.0 22.A5 0°35′52"� 73°05′20"� 19 Maahera 4.1 22.A5 0°35′41"� 73°05′24"� 20 Mulikede 6.3 22.D7 0°39′33"� 73°12′57"� 21 Savaaheli 10.4 22.B7 0°40′51"� 73°07′34"� 22 Viligili 54.4 22.C7 0°40′43"� 73°11′35"� Number of Eroded Islands: No. Island Area Ha Map. Ref Lat Lon 1 Hankedehajaraa 0°00′00"� 73°00′00"� 2 Kudhumaahera (Feylihihkki)* 0°00′00"� 73°00′00"� 3 Geskalhehera/Kudakalhahera** 0°00′00"� 73°00′00"� 4 Addu 0°00′00"� 73°00′00"� Number of Airports: 1 (Gan International Airport) Number of Industrial Islands: (none) Number of Resorts: 2 (Herethere & Villigili) 1 Islands used for industrial purposes including