A wonderful place for good diving and great family holydays Location The Republic of Maldives are situated in the Indian Ocean, South of India and Sri Lanka, scattered across the equator 7° 6’ north to 0° 42’ south along the longitudes 72° 32’ to 73° 46’. The Maldives archipelago consists of several atoll formations, each consisting one island or none to more than a hundred islands. The Maldives entails approximately 1,200 coral islands grouped in a double chain of 27 atolls,