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The wheel on Bluewaters Island off Dubai stands 250 metres high. The figure is taken from Ain Dubai, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Ain Dubai is the tallest Ferris wheel

The wheel on Bluewaters Island off Dubai stands 250 metres high Ain Dubai opened in October 2021 on an artificial island off the Dubai coast, with a rim 250 metres above the ground and 48 passenger cabins. Each rotation takes about 38 minutes, and the structure is held by a hub and spokes rather than a central axle driven at the base. It overtook the High Roller in Las Vegas, which stands 167.6 metres tall. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The wheel on Bluewaters Island off Dubai stands 250 metres high. The figure is taken from Ain Dubai, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.