Sir Abu Nu’ayr | island

United Arab Emirates / Abu Dhabi /
Sir Abu Nu’ayr (Arabic: أبو صير نعير‎, also romanized as Sir Abu Neir, Sir Bu Nair, or Sir Bu Nuair) is an island in the Persian Gulf. Lying 65 kilometres (40 mi) off the coast of the United Arab Emirates, roughly 80 kilometres (50 mi) north of Abu Dhabi city, and 103 kilometres (64 mi) west of Dubai, it belongs to the Emirate of Sharjah.

External Links :
Sharjah’s Sir Bu Nair Island added to global list of protected areas :
www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/sharjahs-sir-bu-nair...

Sir Bu Nair Island (Title as listed in the Tentative List of the UNESCO World Hertitage site):
whc.unesco.org/en/tentativelists/5661/
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Abu_Nu’ayr
Nearby cities:
Coordinates:   25°13'56"N   54°13'9"E
This article was last modified 10 years ago