Kharg Island
Sign in to saveKharg Island, also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The island is 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres (410 mi) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. Administered by the adjacent coastal Bushehr Province, Kharg Island provides a sea port for the export of up to 90% of Iran's oil products, as well as supplying storage for up to 30 million barrels of oil.
AI overview
Kharg Island is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf that serves as a critical hub for exporting Iran's oil, handling up to 90% of the country's oil exports and storing up to 30 million barrels. Located about 25 kilometers off Iran's coast and administered by Bushehr Province, the island's strategic importance in global oil trade makes it economically significant to Iran.
AI-generated from the Wikipedia summary — may contain errors.
Wikipedia views (30d)
35,563 totalvia Wikimedia Pageviews API
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- coral island
- Country
- Iran
- Located in
- Kharg District
- Population
- +10000
- Area
- +22.59
- Time zone
- UTC+03:30
- Body of water
- Persian Gulf
- Image
- Khalk.jpg
Show 1 more fact
Article
Kharg Island (Persian: جزیره خارگ, Persian pronunciation: [xɒːrɡ]), also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf. The island is 25 kilometres (16 mi) off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres (410 mi) northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. Administered by the adjacent coastal Bushehr Province, Kharg Island provides a sea port for the export of up to 90% of Iran's oil products, as well as supplying storage for up to 30 million barrels (5 million cubic metres) of oil.
The island lies close to several offshore oil fields, including the Faridun, Darius, Cyrus, and Ardašir fields. The city of Kharg and the Jazireh-ye Khark Lighthouse are located on the island, which has its own freshwater supply. Before it developed into a major oil terminal in the 1960s, Iranian writer Jalal Al-e-Ahmad famously called the island "The Orphan Pearl of the Persian Gulf.”