Key facts
- Location
- Persian Gulf
- Area
- 863 km (333 sq mi)
- Length
- 40 km (25 mi)
- Width
- 24 km (14.9 mi)
- Highest elevation
- 322 ft (98.1 m)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- island
- Country
- Kuwait
- Located in
- Al Jahra Governorate
- Population
- 0
- Area
- 863
- Body of water
- Persian Gulf
- Image
- Kuwait-Islands.png
- Width
- 24
- Length
- 40
Show 2 more facts
- heritage designation
- Tentative World Heritage Site
- native label
- بوبيان
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
Bubiyan Island (Arabic: جزيرة بوبيان) is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the Persian Gulf, with an area of 863 km (333 sq mi). Bubiyan Island is part of the Shatt al-Arab delta.
The Mubarak Al Kabeer Port is under construction on the island. As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations. A 5,000-megawatt power plant has been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of Subiya.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Bubiyan Island” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.