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Futaisi is not connected to the mainland by bridges but has a small airport and a boat dock.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} |
Futaisi is not connected to the mainland by bridges but has a small airport and a boat dock.{{Citation needed|date=July 2013}} |
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A special sign of the owner of the island, Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, was the construction of a waterway formed by Latin letters in the south of the island "at {{coord|24|20|48.32|N|54|19|57.42|E||}}", which produced the word 'HAMAD'. The individual letters were almost {{convert|500|m|feet|adj=on}} long, the channel width was {{convert|44|m|feet|adj=on}} and the total width of the word extended over {{convert|1700|m|feet|adj=on}} which allowed the word to be read from air or satellite images like Google Maps. The project was abandoned and the waterway filled |
A special sign of the owner of the island, Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, was the construction of a waterway formed by Latin letters in the south of the island "at {{coord|24|20|48.32|N|54|19|57.42|E||}}", which produced the word 'HAMAD'. The individual letters were almost {{convert|500|m|feet|adj=on}} long, the channel width was {{convert|44|m|feet|adj=on}} and the total width of the word extended over {{convert|1700|m|feet|adj=on}} which allowed the word to be read from air or satellite images like Google Maps. The project was abandoned and the waterway filled up in 2012.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Fitch |first1=Asa |title=Abu Dhabi Sheikh Has Name Erased From Private Island |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/middleeast/2013/04/30/abu-dhabi-sheikh-has-name-erased-from-private-island/ |website=MIDDLEEASTREALTIME |publisher=The Wall Street Journal |accessdate=16 June 2019 |date=10 April 2013}}</ref> It was a waste of money. |
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Revision as of 05:53, 14 January 2020
Al Futaisi (Arabic: الفطيسي) is an island about 8-kilometre (5.0 mi) southwest of Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates with a size of approximately 50-square-kilometre (12,000-acre).[citation needed]
The largest part of the island, which is 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) long and 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) wide, is covered by a wildlife sanctuary but also a resort for ecotourism was built on Futaisi.[citation needed]
The discovery of old water catchments showed that the original settlement of Futaisi dates back several hundred years.[1] Although the island does currently not have any fresh water, it supports a diverse flora and fauna with Dugong, Osprey, lizards (Uromastyx) and Gazelles.[2]
Futaisi is not connected to the mainland by bridges but has a small airport and a boat dock.[citation needed]
A special sign of the owner of the island, Hamad bin Hamdan Al Nahyan, was the construction of a waterway formed by Latin letters in the south of the island "at 24°20′48.32″N 54°19′57.42″E / 24.3467556°N 54.3326167°E", which produced the word 'HAMAD'. The individual letters were almost 500-metre (1,600 ft) long, the channel width was 44-metre (144 ft) and the total width of the word extended over 1,700-metre (5,600 ft) which allowed the word to be read from air or satellite images like Google Maps. The project was abandoned and the waterway filled up in 2012.[3] It was a waste of money.
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-16. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2011-09-24.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ Fitch, Asa (10 April 2013). "Abu Dhabi Sheikh Has Name Erased From Private Island". MIDDLEEASTREALTIME. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 16 June 2019.