Liwa Oasis

The geographic and economic center of the oasis is Muzayri`, where the highway from Abu Dhabi enters the oasis and then divides to the east (65 km (40 miles) to the easternmost village, Mahdar Bin `Usayyan) and west (45 km (28 miles) to the westernmost village, `Aradah).

[3] The villages of Liwa Oasis are the southernmost settlements of Abu Dhabi and of the United Arab Emirates.

The southern border of Abu Dhabi with Saudi Arabia, which runs at a distance between 16 and 35 km (9.9 and 21.7 miles) to the Oasis, is a straight line in the Rub al Khali desert, which is largely uninhabited.

[7] Traditionally, men from Liwa (Bani Yas tribe) were pearl divers on the coast during the summer months.

The British explorer Wilfred Thesiger first arrived in Liwa around mid December 1946 in his first crossing of the Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert.

[8][9] This was followed by a second visit by Thesiger in early March 1948 during his second crossing of the Rub' Al Khali (Empty Quarter) desert.

The satellite image shows the location of the belt of oases along the northern reaches of the Rub al Khali dune fields. The unmarked border with Saudi Arabia is shown as a red line. To the north, irrigated areas along the highway to Tarif on the coast of the Persian Gulf are visible.
Location in the United Arab Emirates
Date palm trees in Liwa Oasis
Sand dunes in Liwa Oasis.
A road in Liwa