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The Palm Jumeirah is an archipelago of artificial islands on the Persian Gulf in Jumeirah, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is part of a larger series of developments called the Palm Islands , including Palm Jebel Ali and the Dubai Islands , which, when completed, will together increase Dubai's shoreline by a total of 520 kilometres (320 mi). [ 3 ]
Palm Islands, aerial view 2010 map of developments, including Palm Jebal Ali, Palm Jumeirah, Palm Deira, The World, The Universe (not shown here), and Dubai Waterfront.. The Palm Islands consist of three artificial archipelagos: Palm Jumeirah, Dubai Islands (formerly known as Palm Deira or Deira Islands), and Palm Jebel Ali, [1] on the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
By early October 2007, 20% of the initial palm island's reclamation was complete, with a total of 200 million cubic metres (7.1 billion cubic feet) of sand already used. Then in early April 2008, Nakheel announced that more than a quarter of the total area of the Palm Deira had been reclaimed.
English: The artificial islands off the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates are known as (from left) The World Islands, Palm Jumeirah and Palm Jebel Ali. The International Space Station was orbiting 255 miles above Saudi Arabia about to cross the Persian Gulf when this photograph was taken by an Expedition 59 crewmember.
This is a route-map template for the Palm Monorail, a railway in the United Arab Emirates.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
Dubai is perhaps most well known for land reclamation projects such as the Palm Islands, the World Islands, the Dubai Marina, and the Burj Al Arab. Most major land reclamation projects in Dubai have occurred in the past fifteen years, [ when? ] and the Burj Al Arab hotel, which is built on a man-made island, was started in 1994 and completed in ...
10.8 8,568 342 Jumeirah Second: جميرا الثانية 3.3 10,660 343 Al Wasl: الوصل 4.9 12,185 345 Downtown Dubai: برج خليفة 2.7 21,862 346 Al Kalij Al Tejari (Business Bay) الخليج التجاري 6.6 23,943 347 Al Markada: المركاض 10.4 1,817 352 Jumeirah Third: جميرا الثالثة 3.4 14,188 353 Al Safa First
Palm Jebel Ali (Arabic: نخلة جبل علي) is an artificial archipelago in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It began construction in October 2002 and was originally planned to be completed by mid-2008 but has been on hold since. [ 1 ]