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	Edens
		Bubiyan Island is located above a salt dome, and salt domes, due to their relatively low density and plastic fluidity under pressure tend to perpetuate themselves as structures not in spite of but due to accumulating sediments deposited over them.
		It is this type of feature that comprises Bubiyan Island, so it is quite likely that the Island was in evidence at the time of Eden and has persisted since, rising as sediments accumulate due to deposition by the massive river system to the north.
		Examinations of the satellite photographs seem to indicate that Bubiyon Island was at one time encircled by the waters of the Shat al-Arab and the Persian Gulf with the possible exception of a narrow connection with the mainland to the east.
	www.biblemysteries.com /library/edens.htm (2669 words)

	Miskan Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		It is to the south of Bubiyan Island.
		The distance between it and Failaka Island, which lies to the north, is approximately 3.2 kilometers.
		This island is important because it is a link in a chain of islands along Kuwait's coastline from north to south, which provide Kuwait with a defensive frontline.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Miskan_Island (159 words)

	Middle East Times
		It also involves building a railway parallel to the road and a bridge that links the island to the mainland at a cost of $400 million, according to the head of the ministry's mega projects agency, Waleed Al Thaqeb.
		The government has given the project the green light as part of a major plan to develop Bubiyan - the largest of the emirate's nine islands - into a free zone, storage area, oil depot and recreational services.
		Bubiyan island lies between Iraq, Iran and Kuwait at the northern tip of the Gulf.
	www.metimes.com /articles/normal.php?StoryID=20050502-062723-6148r (366 words)

	LANDinc. Landscape Architecture - Urban Design and Planning : : Vancouver - Toronto - Halifax : :
		Bubiyan Island is located in Kuwait, in the northwestern corner of the ROPME Sea Area.
		The study demonstrated that Bubiyan Island has a unique significance for terrestrial and marine biodiversity.
		The sustainable development plan for the island by HOK is unique to the region because it uses a comprehensive environmental baseline study as the basis for master planning and long-term national policies.
	www.landinc.ca /LANDinc_resort_design_Bubiyan_Island.html (191 words)

	Failaka
		The land area of the island is approximately 43 square kilometers with a minimum length of 14 kilometers and maximum width of 6 kilometers.
		Failaka Island has its own source of water, but this was not sufficient as its population grew in the years prior to the Invasion, so a pipeline was laid from the mainland.
		Failaka Island had a small Greek colony from 325 to 150 BC and was part of a maritime trade route in the Ptolomeic era.
	www.hill-sdpm.com /html/failaka.html (407 words)

	Kuwait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Located in the north-east of the Arabian Gulf, it is the largest island in area (863 km2) and is linked to the mainland by a metal concrete bridge.
		Failaka Island, which is pronounced "Failacha" in the local dialect, is the most beautiful and most famous of Kuwait's islands.
		The island is linked to Kuwait City by a submarine pipeline, 21 km long that provides its 6000 inhabitants with more than 100 million gallons of sweet water every year.
	kuwait-embassy.or.jp /english/envi/island.html (440 words)

	Islands and Maritime boundaries of the Gulf 1798-1960, ARCHIVE EDITIONS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Islands were considered, to varying degrees, in the post war formulation of the Gulf's various concession area agreements which crudely defined the seabed resource boundaries of each littoral state.
		Islands whose sovereignty was agreed were not always given full effect when continental shelf boundaries were allocated.
		_ Consideration of Kuwait-Iraq frontier and the sovereignty of Warba and Bubiyan, 1935
	www.archiveeditions.co.uk /Leafcopy/275-X.htm (4265 words)

	H I L A L I Y A: Kuwait's Plans For 'Silk City', Failaka, Bubiyan Island And More
		A major political reason for constructing permanent homes and infrastructure on Bubiyan island – which commands the maritime channel giving access to the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr – and other northern areas is to reinforce Kuwaiti sovereignty.
		Bubiyan, currently an uninhabited secure military zone, occupies a highly strategic position facing the Fao Peninsula The government commissioned a detailed environmental study as a prelude to development planning– and the Bubiyan plan is one of dramatic contrast.
		North of the corridor, the entire island would be left as virgin territory, as a major wildlife zone.
	www.hilaliya.com /2006/06/kuwaits_northern_saga_fuelled.html (1744 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The State of Kuwait comprises the mainland and nine offshore islands, including the inhabited island of Failaka, the large low-lying muddy island of Bubiyan near the mouth of the Shatt Al-Arab, and seven small coral islands mostly in the south.
		However, the extensive creek systems and mudflats around Bubiyan Island in the north have never been properly investigated, and it is likely that further inter-tidal areas of international importance for migratory waterfowl remain to be identified.
		The other islands are low sandy islands fringed by coral reefs; all except the large island of Failaka near Kuwait City are uninhabited except for police outposts, and several support breeding colonies of sea-birds.
	www.wetlands.org /inventory&/MiddleEastDir/Doc_chapters/KUWAIT.doc (6147 words)

	ArabHunter.com
		It comprises the mainland and nine offshore islands, including the inhabited island of Failaka, the large low-lying muddy island of Bubiyan near the mouth of the Shatt Al-Arab, and seven small coral islands mostly in the south.
		The largest of Kuwait's nine offshore islands, Bubiyan, is an uninhabited, low-lying, muddy island near the border with Iraq.
		The other islands are low sandy islands fringed by coral reefs; all except the large island of Failaka near Kuwait City are uninhabited except for police outposts.
	www.arabhunter.com /wetlands/kuwait.htm (410 words)

	Bridge design & engineering: News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The low-lying island is unimpressive, but its position, off the northernmost tip of the country, provides a good view of the short coastline of Iraq, and the estuaries of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers.
		The bridge to the island was completed in 1983 and allowed the army to access the land properly for the first time.
		Because access to Bubiyan without the bridge is very difficult, Freyssinet has worked from the mainland abutment, first repairing the gap between piers eight and ten.
	www.bridgeweb.com /magazine/FeatureDetails.cfm?ArticleID=20 (1932 words)

	Beirut
		Bubiyan is the largest island (863 sq kms) and is connected to the mainland by a steel bridge.
		The island of Failaka, which is pronounced "Failacha" in the local dialect, is the most attractive and well known of Kuwait's islands.
		Archaeological investigations began in 1958 with the work of a Danish archaeological mission which excavated mainly in the south of the island, uncovering remains of the Dilmunite city from the Bronze Age, together with various Greek remains from the period 300-100 BC, including remains of houses, temples and a large fortress.
	www.middleeast.com /kuwait.htm (2726 words)

	Emerging Markets Economic Briefings
		For while the $1.2bn earmarked for the port facility at Bubiyan Island is a major development in its own right, analysts are also pointing to a huge number of other construction projects now about to sweep across the country.
		The port project is also part of the Kuwaiti government's plans to develop Bubiyan Island into a free zone, storage area, oil depot and site for recreational services.
		The island is well located strategically at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf between Iraq, Iran and Kuwait.
	www.oxfordbusinessgroup.com /weekly01.asp?id=1159 (903 words)

	Port Technology International: The review of advanced technologies for ports and terminals (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Early next year Kuwait is to begin building a $1.2bn container port on Bubiyan Island, between Iraq, Iran, and Kuwait at the northern end of the Gulf.
		Bubiyan Island is the largest of the emirate’s nine islands.
		The plan to turn Bubiyan into the main port servicing Kuwait, Iran, and Iraq is part of a larger plan by the government to develop Bubiyan into a free zone, storage area, oil depot, and with recreational services.
	www.porttechnology.org /industry.news/2004/07.12.04-4.html (185 words)

	eagle32 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		An estimated 120 million gallons of oil continues to spew into the Persian Gulf from the Sea Island Terminal, and the oil slick -- partly afire from January 25 engagement between USN and Iraqi patrol boat -- is now 31 miles long and 8 miles wide.
		This is the second island reclaimed for the Kuwaiti government by the coalition.
		In the vicinity of Bubiyan Island, Navy aircraft engage 4 military vessels, sinking 3 patrol boats and damaging a landing craft.
	www.odssa.com /Eagle/eagle32.htm (2436 words)

	Plankton Symposium III (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Al-Yamani, F.Y., Khvorov, S. and Altukhov, D. Zooplankton structure and dynamics were studied for the first time around Bubiyan Island in the northwestern Arabian/Persian Gulf, which is subject to freshwater discharge from the Shatt Al-Arab River.
		Parapenaeopsis stylifera larvae were the most abundant penaeid in the coastal area of Bubiyan Island.
		The coastal waters around Bubiyan Island are unique in their physico-chemical characteristics as well as their zooplankton community structure when compared with southern Kuwaiti waters.
	www.planktonsymposium3.net /abstracts/abstract044.htm (201 words)

	Projects
		Quantitative evaluation of alterations in coral reefs of the islands of kuwait and the role of sea urchins
		Bubiyan island environmental assessment and preparation of a master plan:soil assessment
		Bubiyan island environmental assessment and preparation of a master plan:assessment of microbial activities in the soils
	www.kisr.edu.kw /research_anticipated.asp (2256 words)

	Bubiyan Island brother sister in bed Bubiyan Island
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		Bubiyan Island is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain.
	www.find-ask.com /Encyclopedia/Bubiyan_Island/Bubiyan_Island.html (172 words)

	Gulf War Impact on Marine Environment and Species (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		The offshore islands in the eastern Iranian waters extending from Lavan to Larak are rocky and sparsely population with substantial coral reefs, particularly to the east.
		At least one island in the Straits of Hormuz used by nesting turtles was bombed during the Iran-Iraq conflict.
		In the adjacent Bubiyan island, military roads are being cut across the undisturbed inlets and marshes, potentially leading to marsh erosion with disruption of resident and migrating bird communities.
	scilib.ucsd.edu /sio/guide/zgulfwar.html (9514 words)

	Kuwait Geography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		There are nine islands in the country's territorial waters: Warbah, Bubiyan, Maskan, Failaka, Awhah, Umm Al-Naml, Kubbar, Qaruh, and Umm Al-Maradim.
		The densely inhabited island of Failaka, lying 20 kilometers northeast of Kuwait City at the mouth of Kuwait Bay, is thought by some to be the northernmost point of the Bronze Age civilization of Dilmun.
		In March of 1973, Iraq occupied the Kuwaiti border post of al-Samitah on the mainland, though regional opposition forced Iraq to retreat in April.
	www.kuwait-info.org /For_Students/kuwait_geography.html (1001 words)

	GN Online: Kuwait steps up investments
		Officials are aiming high, intending to turn the container port at Bubiyan island into a main facility servicing not just Kuwait also but Iraq and Iran as well.
		The port project is part of the Kuwaiti government's plans to develop Bubiyan Island into a free zone, storage area, oil depot and site for recreational services.
		Mega projects notably that of Failaka and Bubiyan islands could help Kuwait strengthen its economic competitive position in the region.
	www.gulf-news.com /Articles/print.asp?ArticleID=174160 (632 words)

	Kuwait to start work on new port at Bubiyan Island - Zawya.com \| Middle East Business News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kuwait's Council of Ministers has approved a study on the establishment of a $1.34 billion, 450 square kilometre port on the island of Bubiyan.
		An additional estimated $135 million will be invested for equipment by a private management company which will be floated in the second quarter of 2008.
		Fawzi Al Jouder, General Manager of KCIC, said the master plan for the port, roads, rail and environment protection of Bubiyan will be completed by January 2006.
	www.zawya.com /story.cfm/142444 (279 words)

	IRIB PERSIAN NEWS PAGE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Kuwait, Dec 4 - Kuwait is to start building a state-of-the-art, 1.2-billion-dollar container port on Bubiyan island early next year following cabinet approval, the Emirate's public works minister said Saturday.
		The government has gave the project the green light as part of a major plan to develop Bubiyan -- the largest of the Emirate's nine islands -- into a free zone, storage area, oil depot and recreational services.
		Bubiyan island lies between Iraq, Iran and Kuwait at the northern tip of the Persian Gulf.
	www.iribnews.ir /Full_en.asp?news_id=183562&n=35 (249 words)

	New port for Kuwait (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		is part of a larger plan by the government to develop Bubiyan into a free zone, storage area, oil depot, and with recreational services.
		is preparing for an economic boom and the port in Bubiyan which will have the potential for 3.5 million containers by 2025 will create the base for trade.
		The infrastructure costs (building of the facility, dredging the channel, two new bridges, a railroad and two new roads) will be met by the government, and the extra equipment costing $135.8m, will be financed by a private company set up to manage the port which will be floated in 2008.
	www.oakhillmedia.com /Oakhill10Jan/Kuwait.htm (196 words)

	MENAFN - Middle East North Africa . Financial Network (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		KUWAIT CITY, 1 May 2005 — Kuwait has invited bids for building the first phase of a state-of-the-art container port on Bubiyan Island at a cost of around $2 billion, the emirate's public works minister said yesterday.
		The government has given the project the green light as part of a major plan to develop Bubiyan — the largest of the emirate's nine islands — into a free zone, storage area, oil depot and recreational services.
		The capacity of the port after the conclusion of the first phase will be around one million twenty foot equivalent units (TEUs).
	www.menafn.com /qn_news_story_s.asp?StoryId=90061 (367 words)

	The Scorpion files - Androctonus crassicauda habitat in Kuwait
		A colony of Androctonus was found on Failaka island, situated a few miles off the coast of Kuwait city.
		None of the smaller Kuwaiti islands (eg Umm Al-Maradim or Kubbar) were found to support scorpion colonies.
		Exploration of Bubiyan island could not be made due to access problems, though given the size of Bubiyan it is quite likely that Androctonus lives there.
	www.ub.ntnu.no /scorpion-files/a_crassicauda_kuwait.php (318 words)

	GEO Year Book 2006
		The sustainable development plan for the island is unique to the region because it uses a comprehensive environmental baseline study as the basis for master planning and long-term national policies.
		He created the island reserve of Sir Bani Yas, a sanctuary for endangered species such as the Arabian Oryx and the sand gazelle.
		The Dorcas Gazelle, the symbol of Abu Dhabi, was declared a protected species, and special programmes were started to increase its population.
	www.unep.org /geo/yearbook/yb2006/046.asp (1136 words)

	Miskan - A Picture a Day, Everyday, for One Year
		A few hundred meters before the Green Island exit I asked Nat if she wanted to go there and she was like "Whats the green island?", so I took the exit, parked the car and then walked into the Green Island.
		This picture is of one of the bridges located on the island.
		Miskan is a Kuwaiti island that lies to the south of the Bubiyan Island.
	www.miskan.com /2005/05/green-island.html (447 words)

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