Zirku Island
Zirku Island is an island in the Persian Gulf about 87 miles northwest of the city of Abu Dhabi and belongs to the United Arab Emirates. The island is 7.47 km2 in size and has a height of 161 meters.- Type: Island
- Description: island in the United Arab Emirates
- Also known as: “Az Zarqā’”, “Jazīrat Zarkā”, “Jazīrat Zīrkū”, “Jaztal Zarakkūh”, “Jezīrat Zirko”, “Zarakkawh”, “Zarakkuh”, “Zarqa”, “Zirko Island”, “Zirku”, and “Zirkūh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Zirku Airport.
Zirku Airport
Aerodrome
Zirku Airport is a private airfield operated by the Zakum Development Company. It serves the oil field at Zirku Island, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Zirku Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
24.87915° or 24° 52′ 45″ north
Longitude
53.07531° or 53° 4′ 31″ east
Population
1,000
Elevation
104 metres (341 feet)
United Nations Location Code
AE ZUR
Open location code
7HPMV3HG+M4
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Zirku Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة زركوه”
- Bengali: “জিরকু দ্বীপ”
- Catalan: “Zirkuh”
- Cebuano: “Zirkūh”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جزيره زركوه”
- German: “Zirku”
- Hebrew: “זירקו”
- Persian: “جزیره زرکوه”
- Polish: “Zirku (wyspa)”
- Polish: “Zirkuh”
- Swedish: “Zirkuh (ö)”
- Swedish: “Zirkuh”
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