Kudarikilu (Dhivehi: ކުޑަރިކިލު) is one of the inhabited islands of Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll (Baa Atoll). Geography The island is north of the country's capital, Malé. Middle Maalhosmadulhu The northern part of administrative South Maalhosmadulhu forms a clearly delimited, roughly triangular, natural atoll called Middle Maalhosmadulhu or 'Fasdūtherē' (meaning 'between five islands'), with a total area of . On its southwest corner stands Kudarikilu Island, the only inhabited one of the Middle Maalhosmadulhu Atoll, with an area of . In addition, there are 10 smaller, uninhabited islets on the rim of the atoll. The total land area is about . The lagoon becomes narrower towards the west and its average depth is . The Atoll is separated from North Maalhosmadulhu by a deep channel (Moresby Channel in the Admiralty chart) and from the southern part of South Maalhosmadulhu by a narrower channel running from east to west. Demography References Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī. Malé 1999. The Islands of Maldives. Hasan A. Maniku. Novelty. Male 1983. Islands of the Maldives