Gaafaru is one of the inhabited islands of Kaafu Atoll

Kaafu Atoll

Kaafu Atoll is an administrative division of the Maldives. It consists of Kaashidhoo Island, Gahaafaru Atoll, and Malé Atoll...

, the only island of the natural atoll known as Gaafaru.

Gahaafaru Atoll

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

Goidhoo (Baa Atoll)

Goidhoo is one of the inhabited islands of Southern Maalhosmadulhu Atoll, code letter "Baa".-Historical facts:In the 19th century, a female African slave who had been bought by the king on his Hajj trip to Mecca was formally released from slavery and was settled in Goidhu island. A house and a...

 or Rasdhukuramathi Atoll

Rasdhoo

Rasdhoo is an inhabited island of the Maldives. It is also the capital of the Alif Alif Atoll administrative division. It is the only inhabited island of a small natural atoll known as Rasdhoo, Rasdu or Ross Atoll located a few miles off NE Ari Atoll.-References:* Divehi Tārīkhah Au Alikameh...

which are similar in structure and size. It is separated from Kagi- the northern most island of North Malé Atoll- by a narrow but deep channel- the Gaafaru Kandu. Its lagoon has an average depth of 16 fathoms and has no coral patches or shoals in its centre. gaafaru is a small island surrounded by a big reef.