Mulaku and Felidhu Atoll - Maldives, Image taken from the space shuttle Atlantis in...

Mulaku Atoll, on the left, and Felidhu Atoll, on the right, of the Republic of Maldives. Image obtained in January 1997 from Space Shuttle Atlantis. Mulaku, at left, (forming the Meemu Atoll administrative unit) is an atoll formation located at the southern end of the Maldives centrally - located eastern chain of atolls, 14 km south from Felidhoo (at right); its closest neighbour is the small Vattaru Reef (situated in the passage between Mulaku and Felidhoo, located 3 km off the southern rim of Mulaku). The atoll has an irregular shape, measuring 48 km from north to south with an average width of around 24 km east to west. The atolls of Felidu, Wataru and Malaku in the Republic of Maldives typify the many atolls of this coral reef nation. The lagoons include numerous patch reefs and circular “” farros””.