It is 800 metres long by 540 metres wide, which corresponds to an area of about 34 ha, and is located 16 km south-east of Failaka Island, and 41 km from Salmiya on the mainland.
It is located roughly 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Kuwait and 29 kilometres off the coast of Failaka.
The distance between it and Failaka Island, which lies to the south, is approximately 3.2 kilometers.
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The 18th century German explorer Carsten Niebuhr visited Failaka Island in 1765 and found that most of the inhabitants were Baharna and whom worked as pearl divers.