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The island is almost perfectly round with a diameter of 4 kilometres (2.5 miles), and a 1 kilometre (0.62 miles) long extension at its southeast end, making the shape of the whole island appear as a drop.
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The island, an environmentally protected area under the Sharjah Environment and Protected Areas Authority (EPAA), has been registered on the list of
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The island is a salt-piercement structure formed by the movement of late
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Lying 65 kilometres (40 mi) off the coast of the
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Sir Abu Nu'ayr is located in United Arab Emirates
Persian Gulf
25°13′54″N 54°13′20″E / 25.23167°N 54.22222°E / 25.23167; 54.22222
United Arab Emirates
Emirate
Sharjah
Ramsar Wetland
Arabic
romanized
Arabic
romanized
Arabic
romanized
romanized
island
Persian Gulf
Emirate of Abu Dhabi
Abu Dhabi
Dubai
Emirate of Sharjah
United Arab Emirates
Neoproterozoic
Early Cambrian
Hormuz Formation
salt
salt dome
evaporite
igneous

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