Alphonse Atoll Alphonse Atoll Alphonse Atoll is one of two atolls of the Alphonse Group, the other being St. François Atoll — both in the Outer Islands (Coralline Seychelles) coral archipelago of the Seychelles. Alphonse Atoll lies south of the main Amirantes bank, from which it is separated by deep water. It has a distance of south of Victoria, Seychelles. Alphonse lies just north of St. François Atoll, separated from it by a deep channel. The atoll has just one island, Alphonse Island, with a population of 108 people who work in the Alphonse hotel or maintain the runway and island for
Gaafaru (Kaafu Atoll) 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 reef is as much a separate atoll as Goifulhafehendhu Atoll or Rasdhukuramathi Atoll which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Kagi (the northern most island of North Malé Atoll) by a narrow but