Famous Artificial Islands & Reclaimed Land
Famous Artificial Islands & Reclaimed Land is a structured geography dataset with 15 entries. Its fields include Island / Land, Location, Area. Community voting appears as a separate signal beside eligible rows and does not replace the source values.
Every row is shown below and is also available as CSV, JSON, or Excel.
Dataset details
- Table scope
- All 15 rows
- Fields
- 5 columns
- Source
- Community curated
- Data updated
- Mar 7, 2026
Included fields: Island / Land, Location, Area, Completed, Known For.
The table contains every record in this dataset; the same records are available in each download format.
Preview observations
- Location groups
- 12 distinct values
- Across 15 preview rows
Useful for
- Comparing Island / Land, Location, and Area across geography entries
- Building reference tables, charts, or analyses from 15 downloadable records
Island / Land↕ | Location↕ | Area↕ | Completed↕ | Known For↕ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Palm Jumeirah | Dubai, UAE | 5.72 km² (1,400 acres) | 2006 | Palm-tree-shaped island visible from space, luxury hotels and villas, Atlantis hotel at the crescent, Dubai's most iconic project |
Kansai International Airport | Osaka Bay, Japan | 10.5 km² (2,600 acres) | 1994 | Entire airport built on artificial island, Renzo Piano terminal, sinking into the sea (settled 13 meters), earthquake-resistant |
Flevoland | Netherlands | 2,412 km² (596,000 acres) | 1968 (polder completed) | Largest reclaimed land area in the world, entire province of Netherlands, Zuiderzee Works, 'God created the world but the Dutch created the Netherlands' |
Hong Kong International Airport (Chek Lap Kok) | Hong Kong, China | 12.48 km² (3,083 acres) | 1998 | Two islands flattened and connected, Norman Foster terminal, consistently rated world's best airport, replaced iconic Kai Tak approach |
The World Islands | Dubai, UAE | 931 hectares total | 2008 (mostly undeveloped) | 300 islands shaped like world map, most never developed, financial crisis stalled project, slowly sinking back into the sea |
Marina Bay Sands Area | Singapore | ~360 hectares (various projects) | 2010s | Gardens by the Bay, Marina Bay Sands hotel, reclaimed from sea, Singapore reclaimed 25% of its total land area since 1960s |
Port Island | Kobe, Japan | 8.3 km² (2,051 acres) | 1981 (Phase 1) | One of first modern artificial islands for urban expansion, survived 1995 Kobe earthquake despite liquefaction, convention center |
Venetian Islands | Venice, Italy | 118 islands (natural + human-modified) | 5th century onwards | Built on wooden piles driven into lagoon mud, slowly sinking, MOSE flood barriers, 1,500 years of human-built island city |
IJburg | Amsterdam, Netherlands | 9.6 km² (2,370 acres) | 2002-present | Amsterdam's newest neighborhood built on artificial islands in IJmeer lake, 45,000 residents planned, floating houses |
Hulhumalé | Maldives | 4.88 km² (1,206 acres) | 2004 (Phase 1) | Built as climate refuge — 2 meters above sea level (vs. natural islands at 1.5m), Maldives' survival strategy against rising seas |
Flevopolder / Marker Wadden | Netherlands | Marker Wadden: 1,000 hectares | 2016-ongoing | New artificial islands built specifically for nature restoration, bird breeding habitat, reversing ecological damage from Zuiderzee Works |
Yas Island | Abu Dhabi, UAE | 25 km² (6,178 acres) | 2009+ | Ferrari World, Yas Marina F1 Circuit, Warner Bros World, natural island massively expanded with reclamation, entertainment destination |
Île Notre-Dame | Montreal, Canada | 1.14 km² (282 acres) | 1965 | Built in 10 months from metro tunnel excavation fill for Expo 67, now hosts Montreal Grand Prix F1 circuit, Casino de Montréal |
Treasure Island | San Francisco Bay, USA | 1.6 km² (395 acres) | 1939 | Built for 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition, became naval base, now being redeveloped as SF neighborhood, toxic soil cleanup |
Jurong Island | Singapore | 32 km² (7,907 acres) | 2000s (merged 7 islands) | Seven natural islands merged into one massive petrochemical complex, Singapore's industrial backbone, security-restricted access |
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