The Palm Deira

The Palm, Deira is the third of Nakheel’s man made palm shaped islands. The Palm, Deira is made up of a trunk, a crown with 41 fronds and a surrounding crescent. It will measure 14.3 kilometers in length from base of the trunk to the tip of the crescent, and will be 8.5 kilometers in width. Fronds will vary in length, ranging from 840 – 3,346 metres, with a distance of between 150 – 400 metres of sea between each frond.

The crescent, which will run for 21 kilometers, acts as a breakwater and is expected to be the largest in the world. Approximately 1 billion cubic meters of rock and sand will be quarried in the UAE to build the land mass of the island. The location is just off the coast of Deira, 1.6 kilometers from the Sharjah border and 4 kilometers from international waters from the tip of the crescent. It is also located 8 kilometers from The World and will add 400 kilometers to Dubai’s shoreline. The surrounding area is home to Dubai’s key heritage sites and is close to downtown Deira. This will be a leisure, residential and tourist development featuring 7,820 villas, a number of lavish hotels, several large marinas, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various other luxury amenities.

THE PALM JEBEL ALI

The Palm, Jebel Ali will add a new twist to the Palm concept - Waterhomes built on stilts forming a 12km chain between the Fronds and the Crescent and spelling out a verse from an Arabic poem written by HH General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defense Minister. The Palm Jebel Ali, is positioned 22 kilometres from The Palm, Jumeirah. Palm Jebel Ali will include six marinas, a ‘Sea Village’ theme park, and an enlarged crescent breakwater. The crescent has also been modified at the tips, with ‘fingers’ at the end of the crescent. These will be home to luxury apartment blocks, capped by two smaller “pocket islands,” at each end of the crescent, each with their own shopping malls.