Umm Nasan
| Umm Nasan أم النعسان |
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| Waters | Gulf of Bahrain | |
| Archipelago | Bahrain | |
| Geographical location | 26 ° 8 '59 " N , 50 ° 24' 0" E | |
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| length | 6.9 km | |
| width | 4 km | |
| surface | 20 km² | |
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Umm Nasan ( Arabic أم النعسان Umm an-Naʿsān ) is an island belonging to the State of Bahrain in the Gulf of Bahrain as part of the Persian Gulf .
location
The very flat island is 4 kilometers west of the main island of Bahrain and a good 25 kilometers east of the mainland of the Arabian Peninsula . It is a little over 5 kilometers long and up to 4 kilometers wide in a north-south direction.
Infrastructure and economy
Very few permanent residents live on Umm Nasan. The surface of the island is barren and almost devoid of vegetation; it has a desert-like character. There are still individual nomads who graze their animals here.
In the meantime, Umm Nasan is at least important in that the Bahrain Causeway , the only road connection between Bahrain and the mainland, now runs over the northern part of the island .