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List of islands in the Persian Gulf

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Bahrain

  • Amwaj Islands
    Amwaj Islands
    Amwaj Islands are a group of man-made islands located in the northeast of Bahrain, near the coast of Muharraq island. It covers roughly 2 790 000 m² ....

  • Bahrain Island
    Bahrain Island


    Bahrain Island is the largest island of Bahrain, and forms the bulk of the country's land mass while hosting the majority of its population. Around most of the Island of Bahrain is a relatively shallow inlet of the Persian Gulf known as the Gulf of Bahrain...

  • Hawar Islands
    Hawar Islands
    The Hawar Islands are a group of islands situated off the west coast of Qatar in the Gulf of Bahrain of the Persian Gulf....

  • Jidda Island
    Jidda Island
    Jidda Island is an islet in Bahrain. It lies to the west of Bahrain Island and just north of Umm an Nasan. It is connected to Umm an Nasan by a short causeway.Jidda used to be the location of one of Bahrain's prisons...

  • Muharraq Island
    Muharraq Island
    Muharraq Island is the third largest island in the archipelago of Bahrain after Bahrain Island and Hawar Island. It is named after Muharraq City, the former capital of Bahrain.There are several towns and villages located on the Island, including:...

  • Nabih Saleh
    Nabih Saleh
    Nabih Saleh is an island in Bahrain. It lies in the Tubli Bay, east of Bahrain Island. It is connected to Bahrain Island and Sitra through the Sitra Causeway...

  • Sitra
    Sitra
    Sitra is an island in Bahrain, just east of Bahrain Island. It lies south of Manama and Nabih Saleh. The island's western coast forms the boundary of Tubli Bay....

  • Umm an Nasan
    Umm an Nasan
    Umm an Nasan island is the fourth largest island in Bahrain, after Bahrain Island, Hawar Island and Muharraq Island. It is privately owned by King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, and is off limits to ordinary citizens. It is connected to Bahrain Island through the King Fahd Causeway. There is little...

  • Umm as Sabaan
    Umm as Sabaan
    Umm as Sabaan is an islet in Bahrain. It lies off the north western corner of Bahrain Island, near Budaiya village, and east of Jidda Island....


Iran

  • Abbasak
  • Abu Musa Island
    Abu Musa
    Abu Musa is a 12-km² island in the eastern Persian Gulf, part of a six-island archipelago near the entrance to the Strait of Hormuz. The island is administered by Iran as part of the Iranian province of Hormozgan, but is also claimed by the United Arab Emirates .Historical ownership of Abu Musa is...

  • Buneh Island
  • Dara Island
  • Farsi Island
    Farsi Island
    Farsi Island is one of the Iranian islands in the Persian Gulf. There is an IRGC Navy base on this Island.
    ...

  • Forur Bozorg Island
  • Forur Koochak Island
  • Forurgan Island
  • Germ Island
  • Greater and Lesser Tunbs
    Greater and Lesser Tunbs
    Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at and respectively, some 12 kilometers from each other and 20 south of the Iranian island of Qeshm...

  • Hendurabi Island
    Hendurabi
    Hendurabi or Hendorabi in an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Its name is derived from the Persian word اندرآبی Andar-abi meaning "Inside the waters". It is located in Hormozgan Province, to the west of Kish Island and due south of Bastak.- See also :*Kookherd*Bastak*Bandar Lengeh*Hormozgān...

  • Hengam Island
    Hengam Island
    Hengam Island , Hengam Island is located at south of Qeshm Island and in the Persian Gulf. Hengam Island is 36.6 km wide with the truncated cone shape. The island is generally Calcareous and generally low lying. The highest point on the island is Nakas Mountain that is about 106 meters...

  • Hormuz Island
    Hormuz Island
    Hormuz Island is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. It is located in the Straits of Hormuz and is part of the Hormozgān Province. It has an area of 42 km² . Hormuz Island was once land of the Portuguese Empire. The island was conquered by the Portuguese explorer Afonso de Albuquerque in...

  • Jonobi Island
  • Kharg Island
    Kharg Island
    Kharg Island is a continental island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. It is located 25 km off the coast of Iran and 483 km northwest of the Strait of Hormuz...

     or Khark island
  • Kish Island
    Kish, Iran
    Kish is a resort island in the Persian Gulf. It is part of the Hormozgān Province of Iran. Due to its free trade zone status it is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, shopping centres, tourist attractions, and resort hotels. It has an estimated population of 20,000 residents and...

  • Larak Island
    Larak Island
    Larak Island is an island off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf which has been one of Iran's major oil export point since 1987...

  • Kharku Island
  • Dara,Island
  • Se Dandan
  • Lavan Island
  • Minu Island
  • Omolkarm Island
  • Polour
  • Qabre Nakhoda Island
  • Qeshm Island
  • Qeys Island
  • Rostam Island
  • Shatvar Island
  • Sheikh Shoeyb Island
  • Shif Island
  • Sirri Island
    Sirri Island
    Sirri Island , is an island in the Persian Gulf.The Sirri island is situated 76 km from Bandar-e Lengeh and 50 km eastern Abu Musa island, in the Persian Gulf. This island is one of six islands in the Abu Musâ Island Group in Iran. It covers an area of 17.3 km². The highest point on the...

  • Shomali Island
  • Smaller Bent Island

Kuwait

  • Auhah Island
    Auhah Island
    Auhah Island is a small island belonging to Kuwait. It is 800 meters long by 540 meters wide, which corresponds to an area of about 34 ha, and is located 16 kilometers south-east of Failaka Island, and 41 kilometers from Salmiya on the mainland. Apart from a light-house and a small heliport, the...

  • Bubiyan Island
    Bubiyan Island
    Bubiyan Island is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain with an area of 863 km².It is separated from the mainland in the northeast by Khawr Abd Allah and from the mainland in the southwest by Khawr as Sabiyah. The latter channel trends around the northern end of Bubiyan Island,...

  • Failaka Island
    Failaka Island
    Failaka Island is an island that belongs to Kuwait in the Persian Gulf. The island is 20 km off the coast of Kuwait City in the Persian Gulf. It is thought the name "Failaka" is derived from the ancient Greek for outpost, "fylakio".-History:...

  • Kubbar Island
    Kubbar Island
    Kubbar is a sandy island of Kuwait in the Persian Gulf, covered with shrub. It is located roughly 30 kilometers off the southern coast of Kuwait and 29 kilometres off the coast of Failaka. The island is nearly circular, with a diameter of 370 to 380 meters, corresponding to an area of about 11 ha....

  • Miskan Island
    Miskan Island
    Miskan Island is a small, uninhabited island in the Persian Gulf off Kuwait. It is to the south of Bubiyan Island. It is about 1.2 kilometers long and 800 meters wide . The distance between it and Failaka Island, which lies to the south, is approximately 3.2 kilometers. The distance between...

  • Qaruh Island
    Qaruh Island
    Qaruh Island is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait, which received its name from the large amounts of petroleum sediments in the area . It is the smallest of the nine islands, and also the furthest island from the Kuwaiti mainland. It is located 37.5 kilometers away from the mainland,...

  • Umm al Maradim Island
    Umm al Maradim Island
    Umm al Maradim is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait. It is located between Kuwaiti and Saudi territorial waters. The island is 1.5 kilometers in length and 540 meters wide Umm al Maradim (Translation: Mother of boulders) is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait. It is located...

  • Umm an Namil Island
    Umm an Namil Island
    Umm al Namil is an island belonging to Kuwait, located within Kuwait Bay. It is known to be the site of several archeological finds, mainly from the Islamic era, and the bronze age. The island is at shortest, 600 meters away from the Kuwaiti mainland....

  • Warbah Island
    Warbah Island
    Warbah Island is an island belonging to Kuwait, located in the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Euphrates River. It is located roughly 100 meters east of the Kuwaiti mainland, 1.5 kilometers north of Bubiyan Island and 1 kilometer south of the Iraqi mainland. It is roughly 15 kilometers long...