Area and Boundaries
Area:
total: 300 km²
land: 300 km²
water: 0 km²
Coastline: 644 km
Maritime claims: measured from claimed archipelagic baselines
contiguous zone: 24 nmi (44.4 km; 27.6 mi)
exclusive economic zone: 200 nmi (370.4 km; 230.2 mi)
territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)
Elevation extremes:
lowest point: Indian Ocean 0 m
highest point: unnamed location on Vilingili Island in the Addu Atoll 2.4 m (Maldives is the flattest country in the world, i.e. they have the lowest high-point of any country in the world).
Read more about this topic: Geography Of The Maldives
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