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 an analog to annoy all 26 countries, Maldives is a country that has been since that is the smallest in Asiaand also it is the country with the high from sea level at a low in the world, with the highest point just about 2.3 meters from sea