The Zekreet Peninsula is a rocky, sandy desert, with numerous rock formations and gypsum plateaux.
[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] The area spanning from Dukhan to the upper part of the Bay of Zekreet is the only surface of Qatar where an entire section of the Eocene Dammam Formation is exposed.
[1] A settlement dating to the early 19th century was discovered at the southern end of the bay, and was possibly presided over by the pirate ruler of Qatar, Rahmah ibn Jabir al-Jalahimah.
[4] The western side of the bay hosted the shallow-water harbor used to unload supplies for Qatar's oil industry.