Miskan Island

Kuwait / al-Ahhmadi / az-Zawr /
Miskan Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Persian Gulf, off Kuwait. It is to the south of Bubiyan Island. It is about 1.2 kilometers long and 800 meters wide (area about 0.75 km2). The distance between it and Failaka Island, which lies to the south, is approximately 3.2 kilometers. The distance between Miskan and the nearest part of mainland Kuwait is about 24 kilometers.
There is an active lighthouse on the island.
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miskan_Island
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Coordinates:   29°29'8"N   48°15'4"E
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