Feydhoo (Shaviyani Atoll)
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Feydhoo
ފޭދޫ | |
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  Feydhoo Location in Maldives | |
| Coordinates: 06°21′37″N 73°02′51″E / 6.36028°N 73.04750°E | |
| Country | Maldives |
| Geographic atoll | Miladhummadulhu Atoll |
| Administrative atoll | Shaviyani Atoll |
| Distance to Malé | 246.98 km (153.47 mi) |
| Dimensions | |
| • Length | 1.170 km (0.727 mi) |
| • Width | 0.900 km (0.559 mi) |
| Population (2022)[1] | |
• Total | 854 |
| Time zone | UTC+05:00 (MST) |
Feydhoo (Dhivehi: ފޭދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of the Shaviyani Atoll administrative division that is geographically part of the Miladhummadulhu Atoll in the Maldives. Feydhoo is located in the centre of the atoll between the channel called Noomara Kandu and the island Bileffahi.
Feydhoo was severely damaged during the cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives. This was during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I.
There are accounts suggesting the island was once abandoned during heavy rains (locally referred to as Keylakunu rains) and later resettled, with some remnants of human habitation found in uninhabited areas.
