Saadiyat Island

Saadiyat Island
	The eastern side of Saadiyat Island, showing Hidd Al Saadiyat and Eco Island from the air.
Geography
Coordinates	24°31′54″N 54°26′35″E / 24.5317°N 54.4431°E
Administration
	United Arab Emirates

Saadiyat Island (Arabic: جزيرة السعديات; jazīrat as-saʿdiyyāt, for "Island of Happiness")^[1] is a natural island and a tourism-cultural environmentally friendly project for Emirati heritage and culture that is located in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.^[2] The project is located in a large, low-lying island, 500 metres (1,600 ft) off the coast of Abu Dhabi island. A mixed commercial, residential, and leisure project is currently under construction on the island. When completed, Saadiyat Island is expected to become Abu Dhabi's cultural centre, mostly for the Island's Cultural District that is expected to include eight museums.^[3]

The island is five-minute drive away from downtown Abu Dhabi, 20 minutes from Abu Dhabi International Airport, and one hour from Dubai.^[4]

^ Cite error: The named reference Group2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Karen Exell (10 March 2016). Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula. Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-27901-3.
^ "Saadiyat Island Home Guggenheim and Louvre Museums". Retrieved 9 August 2016.
^ "About Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi - Project by TDIC". Retrieved 11 August 2016.

[Group2014-1] Cite error: The named reference Group2014 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[Exell2016-2] Karen Exell (10 March 2016). Modernity and the Museum in the Arabian Peninsula. Routledge. p. 63. ISBN 978-1-317-27901-3.

[3] "Saadiyat Island Home Guggenheim and Louvre Museums". Retrieved 9 August 2016.

[4] "About Saadiyat Island Abu Dhabi - Project by TDIC". Retrieved 11 August 2016.

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