The Palm Jumeirah, an artificial
island in the shape of a palm tree.
It has been created using land
reclamation by Nakheel, a
company owned by the Dubai
government in United Arab
Emirates and was designed and
developed by HHCP architects. It
is one of three islands called the
Palm Islands (Palm Jumeirah,
Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Deira)
which extend into the Persian
Gulf, increasing Dubai’s shoreline
by a total of 520 kilometres (320
mi). The Palm Jumeirah is the
smallest and the original of three
Palm Islands under development
by Nakheel. It is located on the
Jumeirah coastal area of the
emirate of Dubai, in the United
Arab Emirates (UAE).
It consists of a trunk, a crown
with 16 fronds, and a surrounding
crescent island that forms an 11
kilometre long breakwater. The
island is 5 kilometres by 5
kilometres and its total area is
larger than 800 football pitches.
The crown is connected to the
mainland by a 300-metre bridge
and the crescent is connected to
the top of the palm by a subsea
tunnel. Over the next few years,
as the tourism phases develop,
The Palm Jumeirah Dubai is
touted as soon to be one of the
world’s premier resorts. The Palm
Island is the self-declared ‘Eighth
Wonder of the World’. The island
doubles the length of the Dubai
coastline.
The Palm Jumeirah island features
themed hotels, three types of
villas namely Signature Villas,
Garden Homes and Canal Cove
Town Homes, and the exquisite
apartment buildings. Built entirely
on natural rock and sand, and
surrounded by coral reefs, Palm
Jumeirah is proving the ideal
place to live, invest or enjoy the
holiday of a lifetime.
The Palm Islands are artificial
peninsulas constructed of sand
dredged from the bottom of the
Persian Gulf by the Belgian
company Jan De Nul and the
Dutch company Van Oord.
The sand is sprayed by the
dredging ships, which are guided
by DGPS, onto the required area
in a process known as rain-bowing
because of the arcs in the air
when the sand is sprayed. The
outer edge of each Palm’s
encircling crescent is a large rock
breakwater. The breakwater of
the Palm Jumeirah has over seven
million tons of rock.
Each rock was placed individually
by a crane, signed off by a diver
and given a GPS coordinate. The
Jan De Nul Group started working
on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and
had finished by the end of 2006.
The reclamation project for the
Palm Jebel Ali includes the
creation of a four-kilometre-long
peninsula, protected by a 200-
metre-wide, seventeen-kilometre
long circular breakwater.
Each rock was placed individually
by a crane, signed off by a diver
and given a GPS coordinate. The
Jan De Nul Group started working
on the Palm Jebel Ali in 2002 and
had finished by the end of 2006. The reclamation project for the
Palm Jebel Ali includes the
creation of a four-kilometre-long
peninsula, protected by a 200-
metre-wide, seventeen-kilometre
long circular breakwater.
210,000,000 m3 of rock, sand and
limestone were reclaimed (partly
originating from the Jebel Ali
Entrance Channel dredging works). There are approximately 10,000,000 cubic metres of rocks
in the slope protection works.
Amazing Palm Jumeirah:
Palm Jumeirah offers everything
you want for a luxurious lifestyle.
From a wide range of daytime
activities to the breathtaking
sunsets, from aquariums to
themed-parks, from swimming to
water sports, from shopping to
amusement, and from restaurants
to bars, Palm Jumeirah Dubai is
the exceptional place for you. The
breathtaking views, miles of
beautiful beaches, stunning
gardens, swimming pools, spas,
the world’s most impressive
marinas and a variety of retail
outlets, make the Palm Jumeirah
one of the world’s most sought-
after residential and tourist
destinations. Undoubtedly, Palm
Jumeirah Dubai can make your
dreams become reality.
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