INDEX. 



165 



Lowalafuri, 74, PI. 34, fig. 1 



Encroachment of shingle on beaches of, 74 



Mabadu, 132 



Mabaru, 60, PL 22, fig. 2 



Madali, 111 



Maddedu, 86, PI. 36, fig. 1 



Madidu, 91 



Madu, PL 3 



Maduni Faro, 56, 67 



Maduwari, 61, PL 25 



Ma Faro (Miladummadulu), 79, 86 



Ma Faro (Malosmadulu), 56, 66 



Gardiner on velu of, 67 

 Mafilefuri, 75 



Mafuri (South Male), 114, PL 79, fig. 2 

 Mafuri (Suvadiva), 135, Pis. 71, 72; 79, fig. 1 

 Magudu, 107 



Mahafai, 95, Pis. 48, fig. 1 ; 49, fig. 2 

 Maimbudu, 112 

 Makandudu, 89 



Sink of, 89 

 Makara, 70 



Makunudu, 71, Pis. 1, 2; 8a, fig. 7; 31, fig. 2; 32; 

 33, fig. 1 



Boulder wall of, 73 



Depth of lagoon of, 72 



Dry reef of, 72 



Elevation of, 72 

 Makunudu Island, 72 

 Maldive Islands, 



Absence of elevation in, 124 



Bottom deposits of lagoons in the, 152 



Character of atolls of the, 120, 124 



Changes in the, going south, 120 



Contrast of outer rims of the, to Pacific atoll 

 rims, 142 



Description of atolls in the, 35 



Depth of channels between eastern and western 

 chain of the, 3 



Dip of plateau of the, 3 



Distance from Ceylon, 2 



Double chain of the, 3 



Limits of monsoons in the, 8 



Pelagic fauna of the, 153 



Plateau of the, 9 



Single line of the, 3 

 Male Faro (South Nilandu), 112 

 Male Island, 41 



Malosmadulu Plateau, £6, Pis. 1, 3; 8a, fig. 5; 81,, 

 figs. 9, 10 ; 8 c, fig. 28 ; 22-30 ; 31, fig. 1 



Comparison of, with Goifurfehendu, 57 



Deepest sounding in lagoon of, 57 



Deep passes on east face of, 56 



Faros in basin of, 67 



Faros of, compared to atolls, 58 



Malosmadulu Plateau — Continued 

 Faros with wide reef flats on, 66 

 Formation of islands on, 57 

 Position of faros and islands on, 56 

 Resemblance of, to Ari, 56 

 Mamanaga Faro, 66, PL 30, fig. 1 

 Mameta, 143 



Mamigeli, 104, 105, Pis. 55, fig. 2 ; 56 

 Manafur, 101 

 Mandu (Ari), 106 

 Mandu (Haddummati), 132 

 Manganese nodules, 24 

 Marandu, 100 

 Mararrekellu, 57, 65 

 Maregiri, 66, Pis. 30, fig. 2; 31, fig. 1 



Dunes of, 67 

 Maro, 74 

 Matiwari, 106 

 Matoda, 138 

 Mavaidu, 91 

 Mavaru, 128, PL 67 

 Mavila, 85 

 Mawa Faro, 56 

 Mawafuri, 109, PL 61, fig. 2 

 Medu, 67, 69 



Vegetation of, 69 

 Height of beaches of, 69 

 Megeli, 63 



Island not on chart of, 63 

 Middle Malosmadulu, 64, Pis. 1, 3 ; 8 b, figs. 9, 10; 

 29, fig. 1 

 Changes in islands of, 65 

 Islands of, dished, 65 

 Midu, 146 



Miladummadulu, 83, Pis. 1,2,3; 8a, figs. 4,6,7; 

 34, fig. 2 ; 35-44 ; 79, fig. 3 

 Bottom deposits of, 153 

 Central gap of, 91 



Crescentic islands on east face of, 86 

 Exposed to southwest monsoon, 84 

 Formation of atolls from crescentic islands in, 87 

 Inner line of island near east face of, 90 

 Islands on east face of, steep to, 88 

 Islands with high beaches in, 85 

 Milandu, 89 



Wasting of, 89 

 Dumb-bell shape of, 90 

 Miledu, 100, PL 52, fig. 2 

 Minikoi, 7 

 Mirufuri, 35 



Moresby, Commander, Survey of Maldives,l 

 Muadu, 94 



Spits off east end of, 94 

 Muduwari (South Malos), 64, PL 28, fig. 2 

 Muduwari (North Malos), 68 

 Muheri, 95 



