Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Bahrain Island
The main island of the Kingdom of Bahrain, home to Manama, the Dilmun-era Qal'at al-Bahrain fort and the Tree of Life.
- Formation
- low-lying limestone island with central escarpment; extensive modern land reclamation
- Population
- 1.2M
- Water
- Persian Gulf
- Access
- easy
Every required movement
The passage
to Bahrain Island.
Fly to Bahrain International Airport (BAH) on Muharraq Island, linked by causeway to Manama; drive from Saudi Arabia over the King Fahd Causeway.
- 01Bahrain International Airport (BAH)
Nearest recorded air access
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Visa on arrival / e-visa for many nationalities; causeway crossing needs a Saudi visa for onward travel.
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Bahrain Island forms the bulk of the Kingdom of Bahrain's land mass and hosts the capital Manama, the financial harbour and the country's main historic sites. Settled since the Dilmun civilization, it grew rapidly with oil wealth and land reclamation, and links to Saudi Arabia via the King Fahd Causeway.
Centre of the Dilmun trading civilization; ruled by Portugal (1521-1602), Safavid Persia, then the Al Khalifa since 1783; British protectorate 1861-1971; independent Kingdom since 1971.
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The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 26.03° N · 50.55° E
- Sovereignty
- Bahrain · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Saudi Arabia (~25 km west via King Fahd Causeway); Qatar to the southeast
- Best recorded window
- November-March (mild winter).
- Permits / entry
- Visa on arrival / e-visa for many nationalities; causeway crossing needs a Saudi visa for onward travel.
- Languages
- Arabic, English
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