Mathifaruhuraa- lies about 1.3 miles W of Dhashufaruhuraa. Dhoru Kandu - the only opening into the lagoon lies between Mathifaruhuraa and Dhashufaruhuraa.
Mathifaruhuraa island and reef (outside and inside the atoll) and Dhashufaruhuraa island and reef (outside and inside the atoll –Dhoru Kandu) is a high biodiversity and standing population of hard and soft corals and associated marine invertebrates and vertebrates.
The area covers nest sites for green and hawksbill turtles and a roosting and nesting sites for the Black-Naped Tern, Lesser Noddies and Brown Noddies.