Maldivesi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Maldives | Country |
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Area:
298 km2
Type:
Mindat Locality ID:
187663
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:187663:8
GUID (UUID V4):
31a73854-a596-4cfa-92ec-904b407f50f1
Other Languages:
French:
Maldives
German:
Malediven
Italian:
Maldive
Russian:
Мальдивы
Simplified Chinese:
马尔代夫
Spanish:
Maldivas
Afrikaans:
Maledive
Albanian:
Maldivet
Arabic:
جزر المالديف
Belarusian:
Мальдывы
Bulgarian:
Малдиви
Catalan:
Maldives
Czech:
Maledivy
Danish:
Maldiverne
Dutch:
Maldiven
Estonian:
Maldiivid
Farsi/Persian:
مالدیو
Finnish:
Malediivit
Galician:
Maldivas
Greek:
Μαλδίβες
Hebrew:
האיים המלדיביים
Hindi:
मालदीव
Hungarian:
Maldív-szigetek
Icelandic:
Maldíveyjar
Indonesian:
Maladewa
Irish Gaelic:
Oileáin Mhaildíve
Japanese:
モルディブ
Korean:
몰디브
Latvian:
Maldīvija
Lithuanian:
Maldyvai
Macedonian:
Малдиви
Norwegian:
Maldivene
Polish:
Malediwy
Portuguese:
Maldivas
Romanian:
Maldive
Serbian:
Малдиви
Slovak:
Maldivy
Slovenian:
Maldivi
Swahili:
Maldivi
Swedish:
Maldiverna
Tagalog:
Maldives
Thai:
มัลดีฟส์
Turkish:
Maldivler
Ukrainian:
Мальдіви
Vietnamese:
Maldives
Welsh:
Maldives
Island nation consisting of a group of atolls in the Indian Ocean.
The Maldives archipelago comprises a chain of coral reefs and reef islands. The archipelago extends 868 km from Ihavandhippolhu in the north (6°57' N) to Addu Atoll (0°34' S) just south of the equator. It constitutes the central section of the Laccadives – Maldives – Chagos submarine ridge, which in turn is part of a larger feature that stretches from the early Tertiary Deccan Traps of India to the volcanically active zone of Reunion. The Deccan Traps were the first manifestation of the stationary mantle hotspot that subsequently produced the volcanic ridge underlying the Maldives.
The basement rocks underlying the Maldives are Eocene volcanics (55 million years old). These basement volcanics are capped by up to 3,000 m of limestones. Carbonate accumulation through the Tertiary was controlled by phases of aggradation and progradation modulated by large oscillations in sea level. During the Quaternary the dominant mode of reef development has been vertical coral reef growth. This vertical reef growth is a consequence of high-amplitude sea-level fluctuations during the Pliocene-Pleistocene, producing alternate periods of exposure and submergence. During periods of submergence reefs accreted vertically to fill the accommodation space. The Holocene is the most recent of these reef growth phases.
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