Yas Island () is an island in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. It occupies a total land area of . It is a leisure island and one of the largest tourism projects in Abu Dhabi.
Yas Island holds the Yas Marina Circuit, which has hosted the Formula One Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009. It is also home to Ferrari World park, which contains Formula Rossa, the fastest rollercoaster in the world.
Yas Island was named the world's leading tourism project at the World Travel Awards in November 2009.
Development
The island's development was initiated in 2006 with the aim of turning the island into a multi-purpose leisure, shopping and entertainment center. The investment was planned as a multi-staged project to unfold in phases until 2018, with project stakeholders foreseeing the possibility of extending development by adding new venues and upgrading existing facilities.
Attractions
Ferrari World
Ferrari World was opened in November 2010.
Formula Rossa, one of the park's most famous attractions, is the world's fastest rollercoaster, reaching a speed of .
Yas Waterworld
Yas Waterworld is a water park located in Yas Island. It has the Surf's up! Bubbles' Barrel slide which is the largest surf-able sheet wave surf in the world. The World Waterpark Association awarded it the Leading Edge Award in 2012.
The park was named as one of the 20 best water parks in the world by the Los Angeles Times in May 2013. It was also listed by CNN as one of the top 12 water parks in the world in July 2013. It also won the World Travel Awards award for the Middle East's Leading Tourist Attraction of the year 2013.
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi
Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi is located on Yas Island near Ferrari World and Yas Waterworld. WB World is organized into six themed lands, Gotham City, Metropolis, Cartoon Junction, Bedrock, Dynamite Gulch and Warner Bros Plaza. Metropolis and Gotham are based on the cities of DC Comics superheroes Superman and Batman. DC Comics superheroes Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, Warner Bros.'s Looney Tunes and Hanna-Barbera cartoon libraries are featured in Cartoon Junction and Dynamite Gulch except for Bedrock which features the Flintstones. Warner Bros Plaza mimics the Hollywood of the past. The park opened on July 25, 2018, which makes it the world's third Warner Bros. theme park.
SeaWorld Abu Dhabi
On December 13, 2022
, SeaWorld Parks & Entertainment announced a new partnership with Miral to bring SeaWorld Abu Dhabi a new idea to add it to Yas Island. The park, is situated to the northeast of Ferrari World, and opened in May 2023, it is the first SeaWorld without orcas.
Clymb Abu Dhabi
Clymb Abu Dhabi opened in November 2019. It includes the world's tallest indoor climbing wall, at tall, as well as the world's widest vertical wind tunnel, at wide.
Sports and entertainment
Yas Marina Circuit
The full circuit length is and can be configured in five different ways to accommodate a variety of motorsport events. Yas Marina Circuit is the only motor sports venue in the world that offers covered and shaded grandstands throughout the facility, coupled with pit lanes that run partially beneath the track. It is the venue for the Formula 1 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix since 2009.
Three charter boat companies operate from Yas Marina namely Jalboot Marine, Captain Tony's and Azure Marine. Seawings operates flights to and from Dubai to Yas Marina and 20 minute Abu Dhabi tours from Yas Marina.
Cycling
Yas Island has been part of the course of the Abu Dhabi Tour and later the UAE Tour road cycling races in the UCI World Tour.
Yas Links
Yas Links is a golf course designed by Kyle Philips, ranked 44th World's 100 Greatest Golf Courses outside the USA (Golf Digest 2018). 1.8 million cubic metres of material were dredged to form the 18 Hole Championship Golf Course, Golf Club & Golf Shop, pool Area, air-conditioned swing studio and meeting and conference rooms for corporate events.
As of August 2019, Yas Links Abu Dhabi is managed by Troon International.
Yas Beach
Yas Beach is a beach located in Yas Island close to Yas Links. The beach is lined with mangroves. A mangrove tour is launched daily from Yas beach by the Noukhada Adventure Company.
du Arena and Forum
The du Arena (formerly known as the "Yas Arena" until June 2012) is a large open-air concert venue located in Yas Bay. The venue opened in 2009, depending on configuration, the venue can hold up to 35,000.