Addu Kandu

Addu Kandu, Dv. for "Addu Channel", is the traditional name of the broad channel between Huvadhu Atoll and Addu Atoll in the south of Maldives.

In the British Admiralty charts it is called Equatorial Channel because the Equator passes through its midst.

Another local name for the Addu Kandu is Mulaku Kandu, because Fua Mulaku Island lies roughly in the middle of the channel at a lat of 0° 17' S.

This channel appeared in old French maps with the name Courant de Addoue.

References

* Divehiraajjege Jōgrafīge Vanavaru. Muhammadu Ibrahim Lutfee. G.Sōsanī.
*Xavier Romero-Frias, "The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom." 1999, ISBN 84 7254 801 5