This small island c. 65 km northeast of Umm al-Nar was investigated in 1982 and found to contain evidence of human occupation in the period c. 2300-2000 BC At the time, this discovery represented only the second site of Umm al-Nar type known along the Gulf coast. Typical Umm al-Nar-type pottery, imported Mesopotamian pottery and copper tools (including several fishhooks) were recovered in a sandy area with stone foundations which probably represent the remains of fishermen's huts. No burials were noted and the architecture is not very impressive, but it is clear from the investigations on Ghanadha that during the late third millennium people were active on the islands off the coast of Abu Dhabi.