title: Neykurendhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)
text: # Neykurendhoo (Haa Dhaalu Atoll)
  
  Neykurendhoo (Dhivehi: ނޭކުރެންދޫ) is one of the inhabited islands of Haa Dhaalu Atoll administrative division and geographically part of Thiladhummathi Atoll in the north of the Maldives.
  
  ## History
  
  Neykurendhoo was among the islands severely damaged during the great cyclone of 1821 that hit the northern atolls of the Maldives. This was during the reign of Sultan Muhammad Mueenuddeen I.
  
  ## Geography
  
  The island is 268.16 km (167 mi; 145 nmi) north of the country's capital, Malé.
  
  