Alifushi

Alifushi () is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll in the Maldives.

Key facts

Settlement.name: Alifushi
Settlement.native_name: އަލިފުށި
Settlement.native_name_lang: dv
Settlement.settlement_type: Inhabited island
Settlement.image_skyline: Streets of alifushi maldives.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: The coral sand covered streets of Alifushi
Settlement.image_map: Alifushi Atoll (Landsat).JPG
Settlement.map_caption: Alifushi (right) and Eththingili
Settlement.pushpin_map: Maldives
Settlement.pushpin_relief: y
Settlement.pushpin_mapsize: 250
Settlement.pushpin_label_position: right
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location in Maldives
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Maldives
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Geographic atoll
Settlement.subdivision_type2: Administrative atoll
Settlement.subdivision_name2: Raa Atoll

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Wikidata facts

Area: 0.45
Elevation: 5
Image: Alifushi Atoll (Landsat).JPG

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Powell Islands
Geography
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Alifushi () is one of the inhabited islands of Raa Atoll in the Maldives.

==History== ===Powell Islands=== Alifushi and Etthingili were named as the Powell Islands by Captain Robert Moresby after Lieutenant F.F. Powell, who assisted during the difficult survey of the Atolls of the Maldives in 1834–36. Later promoted to captain, Powell went on to survey the northwest coast of Ceylon.