One of the largest of the UAE's offshore islands, Sir Bani Yas is in the west of the UAE, a few kilometres offshore. Oval-shaped, and roughly 11 kilometres north–south and 8.5 kilometres east–west, Sir Bani Yas is a diapiric salt dome, formed by the pushing up of Cambrian sediments, over 600 million years old, from deep beneath the earth's surface. The resulting hills reach to a height of around 130 metres, and are surrounded by later sediments, including extensive areas of Miocene rocks, around 5 to 8 million years old.

Different phases of Al Bahr Palace Channel project.
