Yas Island
| Yas Island | ||
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| Waters | Persian Gulf | |
| Geographical location | 24 ° 30 ′ 0 ″ N , 54 ° 36 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| length | 7.7 km | |
| width | 6.2 km | |
| surface | 25 km² | |
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The island of Yas ( Arabic جزيرة ياس Jazīrat Yās , DMG Ǧazīrat Yās ) is one of the larger natural islands in Abu Dhabi , United Arab Emirates , after the main island. It is 7.7 km long from north to south and a maximum of 6.2 km wide, and has an area of 25 km².
Yas is located in the mangrove belt east of the main island, south on the mainland is the touristy coastal area of Al Raha, around 7 km south-east is Abu Dhabi Airport . The flat sand island is being developed with a 40 billion dollar development project by Aldar Properties and is being fundamentally changed.
For this purpose, the coastlines were straightened, filled in as new areas, bordered by a navigable canal 90 to 140 m wide and thus made accessible from the sea. Bridges and roads were built on the island area, as well as accompanying forest belts to prevent erosion. The area of the original island was thus increased by about a third to about 25 square kilometers. In order to preserve a natural character, areas were also provided for the reintroduction of the lost mangrove vegetation.
The project includes large residential complexes with villas, detached houses and apartment buildings, around 20 hotels, a leisure complex with three theme parks as well as sports and port facilities. There is also a motorsport race track ( Yas Marina Circuit ), which opened in November 2009 with the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix of the Formula 1 series with a day-night race.
Thematically, the island of Yas will primarily be dedicated to motorsport and its hobby and leisure activities: a sponsored theme park “ Ferrari World ” was built north of the F1 race track, with an octopus-like foil roof spanning around 200,000 square meters. Another Hollywood theme park (Warner Broth.) Is planned, the Aquapark (Yas Waterworld) has already been completed. There are also numerous providers of motorized amusements such as dune, go-kart and off-road driving. At other leisure facilities it will u. a. There is a golf course with six hotels, plus several developed beach sections. A 400,000 square meter shopping center in futuristic architecture is to serve to supply the permanent residents and the many planned day visitors. In July 2009 around 41,000 workers were working in shifts on the numerous construction projects on Yas Island. A separate container housing camp the size of a small town was built for the construction workers.
The Shahama-Saadiyat Freeway runs across Yas Island and has been connecting the center of Abu Dhabi via Saadiyat Island with the extended Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai since October 2009 .
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Yas Island the main course on capital menu ( Memento from September 18, 2012 in the web archive archive.today )