PALM ISLAND, DUBAI

  

LOCATION : The Palm Islands are two artificial islands in Dubai, United Arab Emirates in the shape of palm trees. The Belgian and Dutch dredging and marine contractors Jan De Nul and Van Oord, were hired to complete construction. The islands are the Palm Jumeirah and the Palm Jebel Ali.

The Palm Jumeriah is the first man made island to be completed in Dubai. This unique island is in the shape of giant palm tree and extends 6.5 kilometers into the Arabian gulf sea, creating an extra 78 kilometer’s of waterfront property to Dubai coastline. The island is surrounded by a 12 kilometer crescent shaped breakwater where the world famous Atlantis resort is now situated.

The Palm Jebel Ali began construction in October 2002 and was expected to be completed in mid-2008. The project, which is 50% larger than the Palm Jumeirah project.

DESCRIPTION  :  The island which consists of over 7 million tons of rock took just over 4 years to construct and now acts as dream home to nearly 10,000 people. The island is divided up into areas of hotels, apartments and luxury villas

Each settlement will be in the shape of a palm tree , topped with a crescent. The settlements will have a large number of residential, leisure and entertainment centres and will add 520 kilometers of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai.

The two islands will comprise approximately 100,000 cubic metres (3,500,000 cu ft) of rock and sand. All materials will be quarried in The UAE. On the two islands, there will be over 100 luxury hotels, residential beach-side villas and apartments, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities and health spas.