Mulladu (Ihavandiffulu)

Mulladu (Ihavandiffulu)

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Localisation

Mulladu (Ihavandiffulu)
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Characteristics

Island / Atoll

Description

Muladu, about 5 miles SE of Ulegama, has a small village on its W side. There is a boat passage, abreast the village, through the otherwise unbroken reef surrounding the island.

Between Muladu and Ulegama lie three small thickly-wooded uninhabited islets known from NW to SE, respectively, as Murdu, Beramundu, and Gumati.

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Flying distances - Direct line

Kelai (N Tiladummati)

11nm
110°
Kelai, at the NE extremity of the atoll, was inhabited in 1970. Good radar returns have been reported from Kelai at 14 miles. The islet of Tinadu lies about 3 miles WSW of Kelai.
25 Oct 11
JB Antibes

Maduni Faro (N Tiladummati)

10nm
184°
Maduni Faro, a lagoon reef, forms the NW extremity of the atoll.
The islets of Marandu, Tukandu, and Miledu, the first two inhabited in 1970, lie, respectively, on the barrier reef between the N end of Maduni Faro and the islet of Gafuri, about 5 miles ESE. Gafuri ...
25 Oct 11
Joëlle

Digufuri reef (Ihavandiffulu)

6.2nm
209°
Digufuri Reef (Digfurhi Reef), at the S end of Ihavandiffulu Atoll, has an islet at its E end; a small sandbank, with palms on it, lies about 0.8 mile ENE of the islet.
21 Oct 11
Joëlle

Warifuri Faro (N Tiladummati)

10nm
125°
Warifuri Faro is a large lagoon with the islet of Warifuri at its S end. A lighted beacon lies on the N side of Warifuri Faro. The islets of Dedu and Warifuri are inhabited; the islet of Noradu lies between the latter two islets.
25 Oct 11
Joëlle

W Muladu anchorage

0.4nm
266°
Good anchorage during the Northeast Monsoon may be obtained, in 46 to 55m, W of Muladu and Gumati in the E part of the lagoon.
24 Oct 11
Joëlle

Uligamu (Ihavandiffulu)

5.9nm
312°
Ulegama, about 1.3 miles SE of Turakuna, is low, level, and thickly wooded. The village lies near the center of the island, surrounded by coconut palms and breadfruit trees. 
A narrow reef fringes the seaward side of the island; a beacon lies on this reef ...
21 Oct 11
Joëlle