Jazīrat Halūl
| Jazīrat Halūl | ||
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| Waters | Persian Gulf | |
| Geographical location | 25 ° 40 '30 " N , 52 ° 24' 41" E | |
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| length | 1.7 km | |
| width | 1.2 km | |
| surface | 1.5 km² | |
| Highest elevation | 61.6 m | |
 by George Barnes Brucks |
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Jazīrat Hālūl ( Halul Island ), Arabic جزيرة حالول, DMG Ǧazīrat Ḥālūl , is the easternmost island of the state of Qatar on the Persian Gulf . Administratively it belongs to the capital Doha , although it is far north at the level of the city of al-Chaur .
With its location 81 kilometers east of the headland of Ra's Abū Qarn (رأس أبو قرن) Halul is the furthest island from mainland Qatar. The closest landmass is the island of Das, 72 kilometers southeast of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi . Halul is bare and hilly and reaches a height of 61.6 meters.
history
In the Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia (1908-1915) the island is still referred to as belonging to the emirate of Abu Dhabi . The disputed island was added to the sheikdom of Qatar by the British protecting power in March 1962.
Oil fields
Four oil fields are located in the shallow waters of the Persian Gulf southeast and south of Halul, namely Maydan Mahzam (Maydan Mahazam, Maydān Mahzam, مَيْدَان مَهْزَم) 13.7 km east-southeast, Bu al Hanin (Bul Hanine, Bū al Ḩanīnن, بُنِ يَل) 37ْحَنِ اَل) km southeast, Idd ash Sharqi ('Idd ash Sharqī, عِدّ اَلشَّرْقِي) 18 km south-southwest, and South Dome 32 km south-southwest. Al Khalij is about 35 km northeast of Halul. The Rostan oil field is about 48 km northeast of Halul, and the Rakhsh oil field is 24 km east-northeast of Rostan.
Individual evidence
- ^ Qatar Petroleum: Halul Island
- ^ John Gordon Lorimer: Gazetteer of the Persian Gulf, Oman and Central Arabia: HĀLŪL (Island) , p. 717.
- ↑ Miriam Joyce: Ruling Shaiks and Her Majesty's Government, 1960-1969, London 2003
- ^ National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency: Red Sea and the Persian Gulf, Springfield, Virginia, 2020, p. 354