| Vaavu Atoll | |
| Native Name Lang: | dv |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Maldives |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | Corresponding geographic atoll(s) |
| Subdivision Name2: | Felidhu Atoll |
| Subdivision Type3: | Location |
| Subdivision Name3: | 3° 41' N and 3° 13' N |
| Seat Type: | Capital |
| Seat: | Felidhoo |
| Leader Title: | Atoll Chief |
| Leader Name: | Ali Rasheed Abdul Rahman http://www.atolls.gov.mv/atollchiefs.asp |
| Population Total: | 2144 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Postal Code Type: | Letter code |
| Postal Code: | J |
| Postal2 Code Type: | Dhivehi letter code |
| Postal2 Code: | V (ވ) |
| Blank Name Sec1: | Islands |
| Blank1 Name Sec1: | • Number of islands |
| Blank1 Info Sec1: | 19 |
| Blank2 Name Sec1: | • Inhabited islands |
| Blank2 Info Sec1: | Felidhoo Fulidhoo Keyodhoo Rakeedhoo Thinadhoo |
| Blank3 Name Sec1: | • Uninhabited islands |
| Blank3 Info Sec1: | Aarah, Alimathaa, Anbaraa, Bodumohoraa, Dhiggiri, Foiytheyobodufushi, Fussfaruhuraa, Hingaahuraa, Hulhidhoo, Kuda-anbaraa, Kudhiboli, Kunavashi, Maafussaru, Medhugiri, Thunduhuraa, Raggadu, Ruhhurihuraa, Vashugiri, Vattaru (in a separate atoll of its own) |
| Footnotes: | Resort islands(*), airports(¤) and industrial islands are also considered uninhabited. |
Felidhu Atoll (also, Felidhe Atoll) is a natural atoll of the Maldives.
It is the least populated administrative atoll.
This atoll is located 40miles from the capital Malé, 90 minutes by speedboat and 5 hours by slow boat.
The Vaavu Atoll administrative division includes two geographical atolls; Felidhu Atoll and the small egg-shaped Vattaru Reef, which has only one little islet and is 9km (06miles) in diameter.
The easternmost geographical point of the Maldives is located at Foiytheyo Muli, close to Foiytheyobodufushi Island. This is thought to be the least visited island in the whole of Maldives being at the far eastern extremity and 17miles from the nearest inhabited island of Keyodhoo.[1]
No remains from the Buddhist period have been found on this atoll. However the island of Thinadhoo was famous for its old coral stone mosque noted for its fine masonry and woodcarvings comparable to those glorified by Thor Heyerdahl in Kudahuvadhoo. It was destroyed in the 1980s for building material and all that remains are four solid coral pillars that rest in the island school yard.