Suvadiva Channel
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Suvadiva Channel is the broad channel that separates the northern and central Maldives
from the southern atolls.
This channel lies between Haddhunmathi Atoll
and Huvadhu Atoll and it is one of the broadest channels between the atolls of Maldives.
In the British Admiralty charts it is called One and a Half Degree Channel. On old French maps it appeared as Courant de Souadou.
Sperm whales are a common sight on the surface of the Suvadiva Channel.
In the middle of the vast emptiness of the Huvadu channel there is a small bank known as Medutila (also called Derahaa). This place is the peak of a submarine mountain, and perhaps an atoll in the process of formation. This submerged bank is very difficult to spot for at its shallowest point there is a depth of 6 fathoms (11 m). It looks like a paler blue patch surrounded by huge expanses of the deepest ocean. There, no island can be seen in the horizon for many dozens of miles.
Maldives
The Maldives , , officially Republic of Maldives , also referred to as the Maldive Islands, is an island nation in the Indian Ocean formed by a double chain of twenty-six atolls oriented north-south off India's Lakshadweep islands, between Minicoy Island and...
from the southern atolls.
This channel lies between Haddhunmathi Atoll
Haddhunmathi Atoll
Haddhunmathi or Haddummati Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It corresponds to the natural atoll of the same name.It is mostly rimmed by barrier reefs, the broadest of which are topped by islands...
and Huvadhu Atoll and it is one of the broadest channels between the atolls of Maldives.
In the British Admiralty charts it is called One and a Half Degree Channel. On old French maps it appeared as Courant de Souadou.
Sperm whales are a common sight on the surface of the Suvadiva Channel.
In the middle of the vast emptiness of the Huvadu channel there is a small bank known as Medutila (also called Derahaa). This place is the peak of a submarine mountain, and perhaps an atoll in the process of formation. This submerged bank is very difficult to spot for at its shallowest point there is a depth of 6 fathoms (11 m). It looks like a paler blue patch surrounded by huge expanses of the deepest ocean. There, no island can be seen in the horizon for many dozens of miles.