Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll) deep channel - the Gaafaru Kandu. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms (30 m) and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre. Gaafaru is a small island surrounded by a big reef. Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll) Gaafaru (Dhivehi: ގާފަރު) is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru. The island is north of the country's capital, Malé. Gahaafaru or Gaafaru (Northern Reef) is a large elliptical reef with only a small inhabited island at its eastern end. This reef has proved disastrous to many vessels. Gaafaru
Falkie Atoll Falkie Atoll Falkie Atoll is a small atoll within the nation of Solomon Islands, at . It is sometimes referred to as Van Ren Atoll, named after the Dutch explorer Jale Van Ren who discovered the atoll in 1679. Local name of this atoll is Kaka. Administratively, Falkie Atoll belongs to the Choiseul Province of Solomon Islands. It is the westernmost atoll in the Solomon Islands archipelago, 40 km northwest of Shortland Islands. However, the closest land is Bougainville, which is an autonomous region of Papua New Guinea. Its total land area is , but it encloses a lagoon of