Khor Al Adaid
خور العديد | |
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 Sand dunes at Khor Al Adaid, photographed in 2004. | |
  Khor Al Adaid | |
| Coordinates: 24°37′48″N 51°17′46″E / 24.630°N 51.296°E | |
| Country |  Qatar |
| Municipality | Al Wakrah Municipality |
| Area | |
| • Total | 705 km2 (272 sq mi) |
| Population (2015) | |
| • Total | 7 |
| • Density | 0.0099/km2 (0.026/sq mi) |
Khor Al Adaid, (Arabic: خور العديد; also spelled Khawr Al Udayd and Khor Al-‘Udeid) is a settlement and inlet of the Persian Gulf located in Al Wakrah Municipality in southeast Qatar, on the border with Saudi Arabia. Approximately 78 kilometres (48 mi) south of the capital Doha, it is also known to local English speakers as the "Inland Sea".[1] In the past it used to accommodate a small town and served as the center of a long-running territorial dispute between Sheikh Jassim bin Mohammed Al Thani and Sheikh Zayed bin Khalifa Al Nahyan. At the present, it is a major tourist destination for Qatar.
Khor Al Adaid was officially designated as a nature reserve by the Qatari government in 2007.[2] Qatar has proposed the site's inclusion on the UNESCO World Heritage Site list, but as of 2024, it remains on UNESCO's Tentative List.[3]
- ^ "Khor Al Adaid - The Inland Sea of Qatar". Visit Qatar. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
- ^ "Khor Al Adaid Reserve". Qatar eNature. Retrieved 24 June 2018.
- ^ "Khor Al-Adaid natural reserve". UNESCO. Retrieved 15 January 2019.