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	\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}		\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}

	'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{~~lang-~~ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/>		'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{langx\|ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/>

	The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>		The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>

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	\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}		\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}

	'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/> The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>		'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/>

			The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	==External links==		==External links==
	{{Commons~~\|Bubiyan Island~~}}		{{Commons}}
	* {{cite web\|url= http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub172/172sec16.pdf \|title=Nautical description }} {{small\|(607 [[Kibibyte\|KiB]])}}		* {{cite web\|url= http://permanent.access.gpo.gov/websites/pollux/pollux.nss.nima.mil/NAV_PUBS/SD/pub172/172sec16.pdf \|title=Nautical description }} {{small\|(607 [[Kibibyte\|KiB]])}}

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	==External links==		==External links==
			{{Commons\|Bubiyan Island}}
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	===Gulf War===		===Gulf War===
	During the [[Gulf War]] of 1991, there was a big oil spill in the area; in addition to this, four spans of the bridge were destroyed; they were rebuilt in 1999.<ref>[http://www.freyssinet.co.th/Magazines/Issue%20208.pdf] p.9</ref> The island itself was converted to a military base in 1991.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.visit-kuwait.com/info/geography-population.aspx \|title=Kuwait Geography and Population \|access-date=14 March 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185626/https://www.visit-kuwait.com/info/geography-population.aspx \|archive-date=2017-09-05 }}</ref> In November 1994, [[Iraq]] formally accepted the UN-demarcated [[Iraq–Kuwait border\|border]] with Kuwait which had been spelled out in [[United Nations Security Council\|Security Council]] Resolutions [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 687\|687]] (1991), [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 773\|773]] (1992), and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 833\|833]] (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Bubiyan Island.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1378818 \| title = CIA World Fact Book - Iraq \| publisher = everything2.com \| date = 2007-01-14}}</ref> ~~The Iranian mainland is also very close to the island.~~		During the [[Gulf War]] of 1991, there was a big oil spill in the area; in addition to this, four spans of the bridge were destroyed; they were rebuilt in 1999.<ref>[http://www.freyssinet.co.th/Magazines/Issue%20208.pdf] p.9</ref> The island itself was converted to a military base in 1991.<ref>{{cite web \|url=http://www.visit-kuwait.com/info/geography-population.aspx \|title=Kuwait Geography and Population \|access-date=14 March 2012 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905185626/https://www.visit-kuwait.com/info/geography-population.aspx \|archive-date=2017-09-05 }}</ref> In November 1994, [[Iraq]] formally accepted the UN-demarcated [[Iraq–Kuwait border\|border]] with Kuwait which had been spelled out in [[United Nations Security Council\|Security Council]] Resolutions [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 687\|687]] (1991), [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 773\|773]] (1992), and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 833\|833]] (1993) which formally ended an earlier claim to Bubiyan Island.<ref>{{cite web \| url = http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1378818 \| title = CIA World Fact Book - Iraq \| publisher = everything2.com \| date = 2007-01-14}}</ref>

	===Ramsar Convention===		===Ramsar Convention===

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	'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/> The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of ~~Mubarak~~ ~~Al Kabeer Port~~'s development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>		'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/> The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	==Geography==		==Geography==
	The island is mainly flat, while [[salt marsh]]es cover some coasts. There are several intermittent ''[[wadi]]s'' in the center of the island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bubiyan\|title=Bubiyan {{!}} island, Kuwait\|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica\|access-date=2017-08-06\|language=en}}</ref> It is separated from the Iraqi coast in the northeast by the ''Al-Zubayr'' channel and from the Kuwaiti mainland in the southwest by the ''Al-Sabiyyah'' channel.<ref name=":0" /> The latter channel trends around the northern end of Bubiyan Island, separating it from [[Warbah Island]]. {{convert\|5.4\|km\|0\|abbr=on}} northwest of ''Ras al Barshah'', the southernmost point, Bubiyan is linked to the mainland by a concrete girder bridge over the ''Khawr as Sabiyah'' channel, {{convert\|2.38\|km\|2\|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Structurae\|id=20000613\|title=Bubiyan Bridge}}</ref> long, built in 1981-1983 and opened February 1983.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.crbc.com/site/crbcEN/signature/info/2013/1368.html \|title=CRBC \|access-date=2017-07-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021639/http://www.crbc.com/site/crbcEN/signature/info/2013/1368.html \|archive-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref> The island is considered to be at risk of inundation due to [[sea level rise]].<ref>{{cite journal\|title=The expected sea-level rise scenarios and its impacts on the Kuwaiti coast and estuarine wetlands\|journal=International Journal of Ecology & Development\|date=January 2014\|first1=Subramaniam\|last1=Neelamani\|first2=F.\|last2=Al-Shatti\|volume=29\|issue=3\|issn=0973-7308\|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289084309\|pages=32–43}}</ref>		The island is mainly flat, while [[salt marsh]]es cover some coasts. There are several intermittent ''[[wadi]]s'' in the center of the island.<ref name=":0">{{Cite encyclopedia\|url=https://www.britannica.com/place/Bubiyan\|title=Bubiyan {{!}} island, Kuwait\|encyclopedia=Encyclopedia Britannica\|access-date=2017-08-06\|language=en}}</ref> It is separated from the Iraqi coast in the northeast by the ''Al-Zubayr'' channel and from the Kuwaiti mainland in the southwest by the ''Al-Sabiyyah'' channel.<ref name=":0" /> The latter channel trends around the northern end of Bubiyan Island, separating it from [[Warbah Island]]. {{convert\|5.4\|km\|0\|abbr=on}} northwest of ''Ras al Barshah'', the southernmost point, Bubiyan is linked to the mainland by a concrete girder bridge over the ''Khawr as Sabiyah'' channel, {{convert\|2.38\|km\|2\|abbr=on}}<ref>{{Structurae\|id=20000613\|title=Bubiyan Bridge}}</ref> long, built in 1981-1983 and opened February 1983.<ref>{{Cite web \|url=http://www.crbc.com/site/crbcEN/signature/info/2013/1368.html \|title=CRBC \|access-date=2017-07-05 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807021639/http://www.crbc.com/site/crbcEN/signature/info/2013/1368.html \|archive-date=2017-08-07 }}</ref>

			During high spring tides and southerly gales the wet, low lying mud flats that make up most of the island are encroached upon by sea water.<ref>{{cite book\|title=The Gulf War and the Environment\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O2nADAAAQBAJ&pg=PA26\|first1=Farouk\|last1=El-Baz\|first2=R.M.\|last2=Makharita\|publisher=Routledge\|date=2016\|isbn=9781317219880\|series=War and Security in the Middle East\|page=26}}</ref> The island is considered to be at risk of inundation due to [[sea level rise]].<ref>{{cite journal\|title=The expected sea-level rise scenarios and its impacts on the Kuwaiti coast and estuarine wetlands\|journal=International Journal of Ecology & Development\|date=January 2014\|first1=Subramaniam\|last1=Neelamani\|first2=F.\|last2=Al-Shatti\|volume=29\|issue=3\|issn=0973-7308\|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/289084309\|pages=32–43}}</ref>

	==Mubarak Al Kabeer Port==		==Mubarak Al Kabeer Port==

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	\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}		\| designation1_number = 2239<ref>{{Cite web\|title=Mubarak Al-Kabeer Reserve\|website=[[Ramsar Convention\|Ramsar]] Sites Information Service\|url=https://rsis.ramsar.org/ris/2239\|access-date=25 April 2018}}</ref>}}

	'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/> The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of Mubarak Al Kabeer Port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>		'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{lang-ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/> The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of Mubarak Al Kabeer Port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>

	==History==		==History==

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	'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{~~lang-~~ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/>		'''Bubiyan Island''' ({{langx\|ar\|جزيرة بوبيان}}) is the largest [[List of islands of Kuwait\|island]] in the [[Kuwait]]i coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the [[Persian Gulf]], with an area of {{convert\|863\|km2\|abbr=on}}. Bubiyan Island is part of the [[Shatt al-Arab]] delta.<ref name="Ancient_Bubiyan"/>

	The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>		The [[Mubarak Al Kabeer Port]] is currently under construction on the island.<ref name="phase">{{cite web\|title=الأشغال تنتظر مقاول ميناء مبارك لتسلم المرحلة الأولى ابتدائياً\|website=Al Rai\|date=30 March 2021\|url=https://www.alraimedia.com/article/1528354/محليات/أخبار-محلية/الأشغال-تنتظر-مقاول-ميناء-مبارك-لتسلم-المرحلة-الأولى-ابتدائ\|language=ar}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek">{{cite web\|author=Ranju Warrier\|title=Elsewedy Electric unit bags $53.2m contract for Kuwait's Boubyan substation\|website=Construction Week\|date=19 February 2021\|url=https://www.constructionweekonline.com/projects-and-tenders/270759-elsewedy-electric-unit-bags-532m-contract-for-kuwaits-boubyan-substation}}</ref><ref name="kun" /><ref name="full" /> As part of the port's development, there are plans for Bubiyan Island to contain power plants and substations.<ref name="boubyan">{{cite web\|title=Connecting Boubyan Island Area in Kuwait\|publisher=[[Elsewedy Electric]]\|date=March 2021\|url=https://www.elsewedyelectric.com/en/news-room/connecting-boubyan-island-area-in-kuwait/}}</ref><ref name="constructionweek" /><ref name="mew">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait's MEW to float tender for transmission stations\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=23 March 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Kuwaits_MEW_to_float_tender_for_transmission_stations-SNG_205175381/}}</ref><ref name="elsew">{{cite web\|title=Elsewedy unit inks project in Kuwait\|website=[[Zawya]]\|date=17 February 2021\|url=https://www.zawya.com/mena/en/business/story/Elsewedy_unit_inks_project_in_Kuwait-SNG_200852215/}}</ref> A 5,000-megawatt power plant has already been built in the neighbouring Kuwaiti region of [[Subiya, Kuwait\|Subiya]].<ref name="suba">{{cite web\|title=Kuwait inaugurates massive causeway to free trade zone\|website=[[France24]]\|date=1 May 2019\|url=https://www.france24.com/en/20190501-kuwait-inaugurates-massive-causeway-free-trade-zone}}</ref>