In Which Ocean Is The Maldives Located?

If you are thinking about going to the Maldives, you may be wondering in which ocean is the Maldives located. The Maldives is a collection of about 1,200 atolls, small coral islands and sandbanks. Only 200 of these atolls or islands are inhabited by people.

What ocean is Maldives in?

The Maldives is located in the Indian Ocean south-west of India and is 623km (389 miles) from Kerala on the west coast of India, or 3,056km (1,910 miles) west of Padang, Indonesia. The Maldives is located 2,739km (1,712 miles) almost directly east from Somalia on the east coast of Africa.

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Is Maldives in Indian Ocean or Arabian Sea?

The Maldives is in the Indian Ocean and not in the Arabian Sea. The Maldives is south of where the Arabian sea ends, which is roughly at the tip of India, whereas The Maldives is further south than the tip of India.

The following image shows that the Maldives are in the Indian Ocean (hashed in yellow), not in the Arabian Sea (hashed in red).

Where is the Maldives on a map?

The Maldives is located on the map almost directly central in the Indian Ocean on the equator on a line between West Sumatra and south of Mogadishu in Somalia, on the East coast of Africa. In fact one of the southern islands of the Maldives is named Equator Island, as it’s on the equator.

Which country owns Maldives?

The Republic of The Maldives is an independent country which gained independence from the British in 1965, and now has a president to oversee its administration. The last British troops left the Maldives on 29th March 1976, which is the date now celebrated in the Maldives as Independence Day.

What language do Maldives speak?

The Maldivians speak Dhivehi, which is the national language of the Maldives. Most Maldivians can speak English and many people at resorts or on the Maldives liveaboards can also speak French, German, Mandarin, Spanish and other international languages.

Is Maldives sinking?

The Maldives are not sinking but due to climate change and the associated rising sea levels the Maldives, which are just 3.5 feet (1.07 metres) above sea level, will be enveloped by the sea, It’s forecast that by the end of the century the Maldives will be beneath the Indian Ocean and will be gone.

Maldives on map of India

When you look at the map of Indian, the Maldives is south-west of the tip of India and is 623km (389 miles) from Kerala on the west coast of India.

In the following map of India, you will see how far Male is from the tip of India, which is the capital of the Maldives.

You may like to also discover if there are great white sharks in the Maldives by reading this article (you may be surprised by what you read towards the end of this article!): Are there great white sharks in the Maldives?

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