Dubai - Palm Islands

The Palm Islands, also known as The Palm Dubai and The Palms, are the three largest man-made islands in the world. The Palm Islands are being built on the coast of the emirate of Dubai.

Each island (Palm Jumeirah, Palm Jebel Ali, and Palm Deira) are being built in the shape of a date palm tree with a trunk, a crown with fronds, and surrounded by a crescent island that acts as a breakwater. Tribute to the date plams is appropriate because they have sustained the emirates for years. The Palm Islands will offer luxury hotels, marinas, water theme parks, restaurants, shopping malls, sports facilities, health spas, cinemas and various diving sites.

The scale of these islands makes them visible from space with the naked