Interesting facts about Failaka Island
- Failaka Island is a common getaway for Kuwaitis.
- While a smaller part on the western shore of Al-Khidr Bay is fully accessible for both non-destructive and destructive archaeology, a larger portion below the ground of a modern Islamic cemetery is available only for field-walking and geophysical prospecting.
- Failaka Island is the most beautiful and most famous of all Kuwaiti islands.
- Failaka is locally pronounced 'failecha'.
- Failaka Island lands 20km to the North East side of Kuwait City.
- It is 20km long and 6km wide.
- Failaka Island is mostly flat except for a small hill which is 30ft high.
- The Island is linked to Kuwait City by an underwater 21km long pipeline that provides the citizens with 100 million gallons of fresh water every year.