Bay of Zekreet
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The Bay of Zekreet (Arabic: دَوْحَة زِكْرِيت, romanized: Dawḩat az Zikrīt) is a half-moon shaped bay on the Zekreet Peninsula in western Qatar. The Zekreet Peninsula is a rocky, sandy desert, with numerous rock formations and gypsum plateaux. The bay is situated to the north of the industrial city of Dukhan and to the southwest of the village of Zekreet.[1] It is located to the north of the Dukhan Sabkha, and is separated by a straight depression known as Rawdat Jarrah.[2] Geologists have theorized that this depression was an extension of the Bay of Zekreet prior to the drop in sea levels c. 3,000 years ago.[3]
