Oyster Rocks, Karachi
island in Pakistan
The Clifton Oyster Rocks (Urdu: کستورا مچهلی) are a small archipelago off the coast of Karachi's Clifton neighborhood in Sindh, Pakistan. Formerly under the control of the Pakistan Navy, the islands were integrated into Karachi's urban redevelopment plans in 2006.
As part of this initiative, the Port Fountain was constructed at the base of the northern island, reaching a height of 620 feet (190 m) and briefly ranking as the world's second-tallest fountain.
Additionally, in 2015, a 2.5 kilometres (1.6 mi) breakwater, the Oyster Rock Strip, was built in collaboration with China under the Pakistan Deep Water Container Port (PDWCP) Project to protect the South Asia Pakistan Terminal from tidal forces and coastal erosion.
The public source identifies “Oyster Rocks, Karachi” as island in Pakistan. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Oyster, Rocks and Karachi.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 14, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q3306315. Authority coordinates are 24.801, 66.998. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 2006 and 2015.
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