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Kurinbi

island in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives

Architectural plans, a scale model, maps and brass measuring instruments
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 12, 2026
Entity authorityQ4179647 ↗
Source-derived summary

Kurinbi (Dhivehi: ކުރިނބީ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhumathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.

History

The island was severely damaged by the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives.

Geography

The island is 281.32 km (175 mi; 152 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.

Editorial summary

“Kurinbi” enters the record as island in Haa Dhaalu Atoll, Maldives. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Kurinbi, island and Dhaalu can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA valuable geographic starting point for tracing changing names, boundaries, uses and administrative responsibility. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1821—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Kurinbi, island and Dhaalu.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

“Kurinbi” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Kurinbi, island and Dhaalu provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 12, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4179647. Authority coordinates are 6.667, 72.996. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1821.

Critical limits

Modern boundaries and familiar names can conceal earlier jurisdictions or structures that do not align with the present site. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Treat names, boundaries and functions as historically changeable. Maps, plans, inventories and administrative records can clarify what the place meant at different dates.

Best used for
  • Historic place names
  • Jurisdictional context
  • Routes into maps and plans
Verify next

Contemporary maps, plans, listed-building records, estate papers and the responsible local or national archive.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Kurinbi”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Kurinbi primary sources, Kurinbi archive and Kurinbi research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Kurinbi”?
  2. Which earlier names or jurisdictions may reveal additional records?
  3. What physical evidence or contemporary plan supports the description?
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Source & attribution

This entry incorporates text from “Kurinbi” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.