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Luxury residences, retail and leisure facilities across three main areas – the trunk, crescent, and fronds.
The Palm Islands in Dubai are three artificial islands built on the coast of Dubai in the United Arab Emirates. The three islands, Palm Jumeirah, Deira Islands, and Palm Jebel Ali, are some of the most ambitious engineering projects ever initiated.
Of the three, only Palm Jumeirah has actually been completed and, as the name suggests, takes the form of a large palm tree topped with a crescent.
Each island was planned to have residential, leisure and entertainment centers erected on them and they will add over 500 km of non-public beaches to the city of Dubai once finished.
Palm Jumeirah stretches around 5 km into the Arabian Gulf and is self-styled as the "eighth wonder of the world". Just like the other Palm Islands, it is being built by the Dubai government-owned developer Nakheel.
The other two islands fell foul of the 2008 financial crises and though the land reclamation had been completed, no further development has been planned for the near future for Palm Jebel Ali. Palm Deira, was supposed to be around 8 times bigger than Palm Jumeirah, but plans for it have since been significantly scaled back.
It is now planned to convert this project into a less ambitious four-island site. This 1,530-hectare development will eventually include hotels, residential towers, a sprawling mall, and a marina.