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The Bay of Zekreet (Arabic: دَوْحَة زِكْرِيت, romanized: Dawḩat az Zikrīt) is a half-moon shaped bay on the Zekreet Peninsula in western Qatar. The Zekreet Peninsula is a rocky, sandy desert, with numerous rock formations and gypsum plateaux.
Ras Abrouq (Arabic: رأس أبروق; also known as Bir Zekreet) [2] is the northernmost extension of the Zekreet Peninsula, a stretch of land to the north of Dukhan in Qatar. [3] It has a beach of the same name [2] and various archaeological sites. Since the 21st century it has functioned as a tourist site. [2]
Reconstructed ruins atop a limestone cliff in the Zekreet Peninsula. Zekreet (Arabic: زكريت) is a village in north-western Qatar near Dukhan and about 80 km (50 mi) north-west west of Doha. [2] Originally a sparsely populated area, Zekreet was built up in the 1940s after oil operations commenced in Qatar.
Qatar is a peninsula in the east of Arabia, bordering the Persian Gulf and Saudi Arabia, in a strategic location near major petroleum and natural gas deposits. The State of Qatar occupies 11,571 km 2 (4,468 sq mi) on a peninsula that extends approximately to 160 km (99 mi) north into the Persian Gulf from the Arabian Peninsula.
The location of Qatar An enlargeable map of the State of Qatar. The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Qatar: . The State of Qatar is a sovereign Arab emirate located in Southwest Asia on the Qatari Peninsula protruding from the northeasterly coast of the much larger Arabian Peninsula. [1]
This is a list of islands of Qatar, inhabited and uninhabited. Al Aaliya Island or Alia Island ( Arabic : جَزِيرَة اَلْعَالِيَّة , romanized : Jazīrat ‘Alya ) [ 1 ] Al Khor Island ( Arabic : جزيرة الخور ), also Purple Island and Jazirat bin Ghanim [ 2 ]
Dukhan Sabkha, located in the northern section of the Dukhan region in western Qatar, is the largest inland sabkha (a type of saltflat) ecosystem found in the Persian Gulf. The sabkha runs for approximately 20 kilometres (12 mi), occupies an area of 73 km 2 (28 sq mi), has a width of 2 km (1.2 mi) to 4 km (2.5 mi) and a depth of between 6 ...
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