Gan (Addu)
The southernmost island of Addu Atoll and of the whole Maldives, and large by the country's standards. It served as a British Royal Air Force base until 1976, and its old runway is now Gan International Airport.
- Where
- Addu City, Maldives
- Grade
- Local gem
- Worth
- 10 points collected on site
- Coordinates
- -0.6952, 73.1555
Get the Gan (Addu) stamp
Open LOQAH when you are at Gan (Addu). It checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp is yours: confirmed on site in gold and struck with the date. It goes into your Maldives volume with your photos and a note.
Near Gan (Addu)
Villingili (Addu) 4.6 km
A resort island on the southern rim of Addu Atoll. Its ground rises to about 5 metres above the sea, the highest natural point in a country where most land sits barely a metre above the tide.
Hulhumeedhoo 15 km
The fifth largest island in the Maldives, at the northeastern end of Addu City. Though it is one island, it is split into two districts, Meedhoo in the north and Hulhudhoo in the south, and its name simply joins the two.
Fuvahmulah 54 km
A single island that forms an atoll of its own, alone in the Equatorial Channel between Huvadhu and Addu. Its freshwater lakes and marshes are rare in the Maldives, and divers come for the tiger sharks that patrol its reefs all year.
Gan (Laamu) 293 km
One of the inhabited islands of Laamu Atoll, the natural atoll known as Haddhunmathi. It is counted as the largest island in the Maldives, and a causeway road ties it to its neighbours in one long chain.
Nilandhoo 418 km
The capital of Faafu Atoll and its largest, most populous island. It holds Aasaari Miskiy, the second mosque built in the Maldives, and Foah'mathi, a mound covering the remains of a Buddhist temple from before the islands turned to Islam.
Felidhoo Hukuru Miskiy 465 km
The Friday mosque of Felidhoo, the small capital island of Vaavu Atoll. Hukuru miskiy is simply Dhivehi for Friday mosque, the name given to the main congregational mosque on islands across the Maldives.
Felidhoo 465 km
The capital island of Vaavu Atoll, the least populated of the country's administrative atolls. It is a quiet village island close to the reef channels that draw divers to Vaavu.
Fenfushi 466 km
An inhabited island of Ari Atoll, part of the Alif Dhaal administrative division, out towards the atoll's southwestern rim. It is a small local island and one of the more remote villages of the atoll.
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Questions
Where is Gan (Addu)?
Gan (Addu) is in Addu City, Maldives. The nearest other LOQAH stamps are Villingili (Addu) (4.6 km), Hulhumeedhoo (15 km), Fuvahmulah (54 km).
How do I get the Gan (Addu) stamp?
Open LOQAH when you are at Gan (Addu) and get its stamp. The app checks where you are once, at that moment, and the stamp goes into your Maldives volume, confirmed on site, with the date.
I have been to Gan (Addu) before. Can I still have the stamp?
Yes. Add it from Earlier trips in your Maldives volume, with the date if you know it, or import your Google Timeline and LOQAH matches the places you were.
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