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Physical Map of Maldives showing its atolls and the capital of Male.
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Maldives is an archipelagic nation with a total land area of 298 sq. km in the Indian Ocean. It is Asia's smallest country. Here, over 1,110 islands are grouped into a double chain of 26 atolls. The islands of the country are dispersed across about 90,000 sq. km of the ocean. This fact makes Maldives one of the world's most geographically dispered nations.

The double chain of atolls of Maldives can be observed on the physical map of the country above. They lie across the Equator on both the Northern and Southern hemispheres of the Earth.

The atolls of Maldives sit atop a submarine ridge. This ridge rises from the bed of the ocean and runs for 960 km (600 mi) in the north-south directions. The atolls are composed of sand bars and live coral reefs.

Gan is the country's largest island and is located in the Laamu Atoll. 

The topography of each of the islands vary from mostly sand to marshy wetlands.

Its highest point, an unnamed point on Wilingili Island, is only 7.87 ft. (2.4 m); while its lowest is the Indian Ocean (0 m).

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