Palm Islands UAE

 The Artificial Archipelagos

Palm Islands

The Palm Islands are an artificial archipelago in Dubai,  United Arab Emirates

Constructed by Nakheel Properties, a property developer in the United Arab Emirates

Contractors: Jan De Nul and Van Oord

The islands are the Palm Jumeirah, the Palm Jebel Ali and the Palm Deira

Construction

The sand is sprayed by the dredging ships, which are guided by DGPS

The breakwater of the Palm Jumeirah has over seven million tons of rock 

Each rock was placed individually by a crane, signed off by a diver and given a GPS coordinate 

Work started on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and had finished by the end of 2006

There are approximately 10,000,000 cubic meters of rocks in the slope protection works

Palm Jumeirah

The island itself is 5 kilometers by 5 kilometers

It will add 78 kilometers to the Dubai coastline

The first phase of development on the Palm Jumeirah will create 4,000 residences

Residents began moving into their Palm Jumeirah properties at the end of 2006

Palm Jebel Ali

Began construction in October 2002 and was expected to be completed in mid-2008

Once it has been completed, it will be encircled by Dubai Waterfront

This island is 50 percent larger than the Palm Jumeirah

Palm Deira Was announced for development in October

2004

The first announced design was 8 times larger than the Palm Jumeirah, and 5 times larger than the Palm Jebel Ali

Originally, the design called for a 14 km

(8.7 mi) by 8.5 km (5.3 mi) island

This island was redesigned in May 2007

The project then became a 12.5 km (7.8 mi) by 7.5 km (4.7 mi) island

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