Sir Abu Nu'ayr Explained

Sir Abu Nu'ayr
Sobriquet:Sir Bu Nuayr (Arabic: صِيْر بُو نُعَيْر)
Sir Al Qawasim (Arabic: صِيْر ٱلْقَوَاسِم
Map:United Arab Emirates
Map Relief:1
Native Name:Arabic: صِيْر أَبُو نُعَيْر
Location:Persian Gulf
Coordinates:25.2317°N 54.2222°W
Total Islands:1
Area Km2:13.23
Area Footnotes:[1]
Length Km:4.25
Width Km:4
Elevation M:81
Country Admin Divisions Title:Emirate
Country Admin Divisions:Sharjah
Disputed:Yes

Sir Abu Nuayr (Arabic: صِيْر أَبُو نُعَيْر|Ṣīr Abū Nu{{ayin), also known as Sir Bu Nuayr (Arabic: صِيْر بُو نُعَيْر|Ṣīr Bū Nuʿayr), or Sir al Qawasim (Arabic: صِيْر ٱلْقَوَاسِم|Ṣīr Al-Qawāsim; also romanized as Sir Abu Neir, Sir Bu Nair or Sir Bu Nuair) is an island in the Persian Gulf.

Lying [2] off the coast of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, roughly north of Abu Dhabi city, and west of Dubai, it belongs to the Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.[3] [4] [5]

Geography and description

The island is almost perfectly round with a diameter of 4km (02miles), and a 1km (01miles) long extension at its southeast end, making the shape of the whole island appear as a drop.[6]

The island is a salt-piercement structure formed by the movement of late Neoproterozoic to Early Cambrian Hormuz Formation salt. The salt has moved progressively upward, puncturing through the younger overlying strata to create a salt dome structure. Surface expressions are composed of evaporite rocks, plus igneous rocks and quartzitic sandstone.

The island, an environmentally protected area under the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA),[7] [8] has been registered on the list of wetlands of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,[9] [10] [11] and was in 2012 listed as a potential UNESCO World Heritage Site.[12]

Economy

Sharjah has a small harbour and an airfield,[13] both located at the island's southeast end.

Crescent Petroleum is the concession holder of the area.[14] The acreage is flanked to the north-northeast by Dubai's Fateh Oil Field complex, to the north by the Sirri Island oil field of Iran, and to the west by the prolific oil and gas fields of Abu Dhabi.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sharjah plans five-star hotel on Bu Nuair island . GulfNews.com . 2013-05-07 . 2014-01-24.
  2. Web site: Mega Projects That will Shape Emirates Future . MoneyShow.com . 2013-10-09 . 2014-01-24.
  3. Book: Peter Hellyer . Simon Aspinall . Environment Agency Abu Dhabi . Environment Agency Abu Dhabi . The Emirates: a natural history . January 2005 . . 978-1-905486-02-1.
  4. Book: Oxford Business Group . Oxford Business Group . The Report: Sharjah 2008 . 2008 . Oxford Business Group . 978-1-902339-02-3 . 10–.
  5. Web site: Welcome to . Buzzdubai.com . 2014-01-24.
  6. Web site: Wildlife paradise on Sir Bu Nair island | The National . Thenational.ae . 2011-05-23 . 2014-01-24.
  7. Web site: Business - Shurooq unveils Sir Bu Nuair Island project . Khaleejtimes.com . 2013-05-08 . 2014-01-24.
  8. Web site: Zabara . Manar . Oil slick threatens protected island near Sharjah | GulfNews.com . M.gulfnews.com . 2001-04-05 . 2014-01-24.
  9. https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2191 Sir Bu Nair Island Protected Area
  10. Web site: Sir Bu Nuair Island registered as international wetland . GulfNews.com . 2013-12-20 . 2014-01-24.
  11. Web site: Sharjah’s Sir Bu Nair Island added to global list of protected areas | The National . Thenational.ae . 2013-12-18 . 2014-01-24.
  12. Web site: UNESCO World Heritage Centre . Sir Bu Nair Island - UNESCO World Heritage Centre . Whc.unesco.org . 2012-01-30 . 2014-01-24.
  13. Web site: Airport codes Sir Abu Nair, United Arab Emirates (AE) | ICAO, IATA codes, location of airports of Airport codes Sir Abu Nair, United Arab Emirates (AE) | latitude, longitude airports of Airport codes Sir Abu Nair, United Arab Emirates (AE) | coordinates of airports of Airport codes Sir Abu Nair, United Arab Emirates (AE) | International codes and coordinates of all airports in the world | International codes and coordinates of all airports in Airport codes Sir Abu Nair, United Arab Emirates (AE) . Airportsbase.org . 2014-01-24.
  14. Web site: Sir Abu Nu'ayr Concession | Select Projects | Crescent Petroleum . Crescent.ae . 2014-01-24 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140228054351/http://www.crescent.ae/html/abu-nuayr.html . 2014-02-28 .

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