Satellite image of The World Archipelago

Most travellers have probably heard of the man-made, 300 island archipelago “The World”, which is currently being created in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

Courtesy of NASA we can now see a satellite view of the archipelago, as it looked on 5 February 2009:

I struggled initially to recognise the continents, but apparently the top left group of islands with one little green island is supposed to represent Greenland. With Greenland as a landmark you can sort of make out the shapes of North and South America and further to the right Africa.

Many building projects in Dubai have recently been cancelled or put on hold, because of the economic crisis, so it’ll be interesting to see just how fast the 300 islands will be developed.

You can read more about The World project on The World web site.

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