Maldives (maldives) is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. From Sri Lanka, about 700 km to the southwest. Maldives islands formed by the deposition of coral.Scattered about 1,192 islands, which are inhabited all 250 islands smaller islands is collected in a ring called a Territory (atoll), which is 26th on the stump in the Maldives, a country that we have. smallest in Asia.It's a country with a low height above sea level in the world. The highest point is about 2.3 m from the sea