Round Island Bay

Round Island Bay is a bay in Aden Governorate, Yemen. Round Island Bay is situated nearby to At Tawahi District, as well as near the suburb Hayy al Qulu`ah.

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Places of Interest

Highlights include Cisterns of Tawila and Gold Mohur Hotel.

Cisterns of Tawila

Reservoir

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The Cisterns of Tawila, or the Tawila Tanks, is a historic site in Aden, Yemen designed to collect and store the rain that flows down from the Shamsan massif through Wadi Tawila, and to protect the city from periodic flooding. Cisterns of Tawila is situated 3½ km northeast of Round Island Bay.

Gold Mohur Hotel

Hotel

The Gold Mohur Hotel is a resort hotel on Aden, Yemen. On 29 December 1992, Al Qaeda conducted its first known terrorist attack in Aden, bombing the Gold Mohur Hotel, where U.S. servicemen were known to have been staying en route to Somalia for Operation Restore Hope.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crater and Aden.

Crater

Suburb

Photo: Haimasoph, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Crater, also Kraytar, is a district of the Aden Governorate, Yemen. Its official name is Seera. It is situated in a crater of an ancient volcano which forms the Shamsan Mountains. As of 2003, the district had a population of 76,723 people. Crater is situated 4 km northeast of Round Island Bay.