66 THE CORAL EEEFS OF THE MALDIVES. 



are separated by wide and deep passes, gradually becoming wider towards 

 the northern part of North Malosmadulu. Some of the northern passes 

 are over two miles in width. 



The southwestern horn of North Malosmadulu is formed by Mamanaga 

 (PI. 30, fig. 1), a large triangular faro the base of which is nearly five miles. 

 It has a wide rim on the western face, and a lagoon with from five to six 

 fathoms in depth. A small sand bank has been thrown up on the northwest 

 horn of the faro. On the southern face to the east of Mamanaga are two 

 smaller faros (Velengeli and Furuwari), somewhat more than a mile in 

 length, with very wide eastern rims, a small lagoon towards the western 

 extremity, and each with a small bank on the eastern horn of the faros. 

 Velengeli is flanked with coarse shingle. The southwestern part of North 

 Malosmadulu is quite clear of faros, banks, rings, and islands, so that when 

 entering the group through the pass to the east of Mamanaga, we opened 

 a great stretch of clear water to the northeast as if we had passed out into 

 the open sea. To the north of the southwestern horn and separated from it 

 by a channel fully a mile in width lies Femfuri Faro, a long triangular faro 

 fully three and a half miles in length, with the apex to the east and the 

 eastern horn occupied by a small island. Its northern and southern rims 

 are narrow, they pass gradually into a wide western reef flat. 



Tura is a small island facing the wide pass on the west face of North 

 Malosmadulu between Femfuri Faro and Ma Faro ; it is steep to, bounded by 

 a high steep sand beach ; near the southern point extends a stretch of coarse 

 shingle beach, and on the western spit of the island a belt of small coral 

 boulders. After passing Tura one sees to the northward rising upon the 

 horizon the islands occupying the inner belt of North Malosmadulu to 

 the south of the twenty-fathom curve. 



Maregiri 1 Island lies south of Bodu Faro, the large faro which occupies 

 the western horn of North Malosmadulu. On the southwest it is flanked 

 by steep sand beaches from ten to twelve feet high, with stretches of 

 coarse shingle driven towards the interior among the bushes and between 

 the base of the trees beyond that belt. A narrow boulder belt flanks the 

 base of the beaches. At the western point there is a narrow reef flat 



1 Gardiner, loc. cit., p. 387. 



