Makunudu Atoll is separated from the NW side of Miladummadulu Atoll by a deep channel, about 9 miles wide.
Two openings on the E face of the lagoon can only be used by boats.
Faro Doru (Defarudorhi), an islet on the E side of the atoll, about 6 miles SSW of Makundu, is wooded. The S and W sides of the atoll have only the surf and an islet at its NW extremity to indicate their outline.
Maduni Faro, a lagoon reef, lies at the N of the atoll.
Vaadhoo lies about 3 NM ESE of Maduni Faro, at the S end of a large lagoon reef.A wide opening into the lagoon lies between Maduni Faro and Wadu; it is free of known dangers in the middle of the fairway, with depths ...
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 ...
Muradu lies on a circular reef near the W edge of the atoll; the latest maps prepared from aerial photography (1968) show that this island has joined the islet charted 0.8 mile W of it.Some rocky patches lie S and SE of Muradu.
L'île de Numara, avec l'îlot de Nu proches NNO, se trouve au coin nord-est de l'atoll de Miladummadulu. Une ouverture très large dans la lagune se trouve entre Numara et Fivaku, environ 9 miles ESE.
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.
Naguri, an island with a circular lagoon reef, lies about 7 miles N of Muradu; two large reefs lie between these islands.A lighted beacon lies at the NW point of a reef, about 3.3 miles NW of Muradu.
Makunudu Atoll is separated from the NW side of Miladummadulu Atoll by a deep channel, about 9 miles wide. 