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| name = Jazirat Qaruh Lighthouse
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| caption = Celebrating 20th anniversary of the liberation of Qaruh Island (Jan. 25, 2011) 
| location = Qaruh Island<br>[[Kuwait]]
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| NGA = 29316<ref>[https://www.unc.edu/~rowlett/lighthouse/kwt.htm Kuwait] ''The Lighthouse Directory''. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Retrieved 8 October 2016</ref><ref>[http://msi.nga.mil/NGAPortal/MSI.portal?_nfpb=true&_st=&_pageLabel=msi_pub_detail&CCD_itemID=112&pubConstant=NGALOL NGA List of Lights – Pub.112] Retrieved 8 October 2016</ref>
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'''Qaruh Island''' ({{arS|جزيرة قاروه}}) is an island belonging to the state of [[Kuwait]], which received its name from the large amounts of petroleum sediments in the area (known as ''Qar'' in Arabic). It is the smallest of the nine islands, and also the furthest island from the Kuwaiti mainland.  It is located 37.5 kilometres east of the mainland coast, and 17 kilometres northeast of [[Umm al Maradim Island|Umm al Maradim]]. The island is roughly 275 meters long by 175 meters at its widest (area about 3.5 [[hectare|ha]]. The island was also the first part of Kuwaiti soil that was liberated from [[Iraq]] during the [[Gulf War]] on January 21, 1991.

==See also==
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*[[List of lighthouses in Kuwait]]

== Einzelnachweise ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.cv41.org/photos/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=18895 Pictures of the liberation of Qaruh Island]
* [http://static.panoramio.com/photos/large/10158067.jpg Picture of the Jazirat Qaruh Lighthouse]

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{{Islands of Kuwait}}

<nowiki>[[Category:Uninhabited islands of Kuwait]]
[[Category:Lighthouses in Kuwait]]</nowiki>


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