Kurinbi (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)

Kurinbi
Inhabited island
Kurinbi

Location in Maldives

Coordinates: 06°40′00″N 72°59′44″E / 6.66667°N 72.99556°E / 6.66667; 72.99556Coordinates: 06°40′00″N 72°59′44″E / 6.66667°N 72.99556°E / 6.66667; 72.99556
Country Maldives
Geographic atoll Thiladhummathi Atoll
Administrative atoll Haa Dhaalu Atoll
Distance to Malé 280.51 km (174.30 mi)
Dimensions
  Length 0.800 km (0.497 mi)
  Width 0.540 km (0.336 mi)
Population
  Total 668
Time zone MST (UTC+05:00)

Kurinbi (Dhivehi: ކުރިނބީ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.

The island was severely damaged by the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives.


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