Approximately How Many Islands Make Up The Maldives?
Approximately How Many Islands Make Up The Maldives? Maldives, in full Republic of Maldives, also called Maldive Islands, independent island country in the north-central Indian Ocean. It consists of a chain of about 1,200 small coral islands and sandbanks (some 200 of which are inhabited), grouped in clusters, or atolls. Is the Maldives multiple islands?