- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Area: 49 square meters. km
- Start of construction: 2002.
The United Arab Emirates in the modern world is known as a country where engineering thought and its realization are valued. It is enough to look at the building of Dubai going by leaps and bounds to understand the scope, prospects and accuracy of this thesis. Moreover, the people of Dubai are not going to be satisfied with small things - they are rapidly building up the Persian Gulf coast, literally creating man-made miracles of construction, which are visible even from outer space. These are artificial islands archipelagos in Dubai, one of which is Palma Jebel Ali.
Miracle of engineering thought
Palma Jebel Ali is one of three artificial archipelagos, which is partially realized part of the grandiose project of the "Palm Islands". Completely realize the idea has not yet been due to the crisis. But the plans here are grandiose!
The archipelago itself occupies an area of 49 square meters. km. Its construction began in 2002, and by 2008 the work to strengthen the embankment has almost reached its end. Engineers and architects were able to skillfully combine modern trends and trends of ancient culture . That is why the archipelago is made in the form of a date palm tree, from the trunk of which 16 leaves leave, and a wave-breaker in the form of a crescent surrounds it. What is characteristic, for the construction of islands sand had to be lifted from the day of the Persian Gulf, as building materials from the desert did not give the necessary strength.
Palma Jebel Ali is 5 km from the same harbor and is adjacent to its predecessor, Palma Jumeirah's archipelago. By the way, to build up a "neighbor" had time before the financial crisis, so there are many hotels , entertainment centers, cottages and restaurants. But also to look at Jebel Ali comes a lot of tourists from afar, because to see how the artificial archipelago gradually grows out of the sea is also very interesting.
Plans and prospects
Today Palma Jebel Ali looks like ordinary sand mounds in the photo, but by 2020 developers promise a drastic change in the situation. So, in the plans:
- 4 theme parks;
- "Sea Village", a grandiose aquarium with the opportunity to swim with marine life;
- more than 2 thousand villas and cottages of different layouts;
- Office centers of glass and concrete with stylization for deployed sails;
- skyscraper Nahil;
- separate road junction.
How to get to Palma Jebel Ali?
Today it is not possible to get on the mound to strangers. But you can take a taxi to the beach Lama Beach Club and admire the view of this miracle of engineering. Another option is to see the whole archipelago from the air, hiring a private jet or helicopter.