The

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Persis, Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a Mediterranean sea (oceanography), me ...

is home to many

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s, mostly small, distributed in the gulf's entire geographic area and administered by the neighboring nations. Most islands are sparsely populated, with some being barren, and some utilized for communication, military, or as ship

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s. Some of the islands in the Persian Gulf are

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constructed islands. The artificial islands often serve as tourist resorts, housing developments, or hotels. Despite their small sizes, some of these artificial islands have caused serious hazards for the already fragile ecosystem of the Gulf and its dwindling wildlife mass. A few of the Gulf islands are also historically significant, having been utilized by the ancient empires, neighboring kingdoms, and in the recent times, colonial powers such as the

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, and the

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. Recent globalization, and discovery of oil, has made some of the Persian Gulf islands very significant for developed nations as a source of oil and raw industrial material. Recent wars, and political unrest has also made these islands strategic military locations for foreign powers from

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and

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. Some islands in the

are nations themselves;

Bahrain Bahrain ( ; ; ar, البحرين, al-Bahrayn, locally ), officially the Kingdom of Bahrain, ' is an island country in Western Asia. It is situated on the Persian Gulf, and comprises a small archipelago made up of 50 natural islands and an ...

, an independent Gulf state, is the only gulf country that is also an island.

Bahrain

Amwaj Islands Amwaj Islands ( ar, جزر أمواج; transliterated: Juzur Amwaj) are a group of man-made islands, located in the Persian Gulf to the northeast of Bahrain, near the coast of Muharraq island. They lie northeast of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain ...

Bahrain Island Bahrain Island ( ar, جزيرة البحرين ''Jazīrah al-Baḥrayn''), also known as al-Awal Island and formerly as Bahrein, is the largest island within the archipelago of Bahrain, and forms the bulk of the country's land mass while hosting ...

Hawar Islands , native_name_link = Arabic language , native_name_lang = , sobriquet = , location = Persian Gulf , coordinates = , archipelago = Bahrain , waterbody = Persian Gulf , total_islands = , major_islands ...

Jidda Island Jidda Islands ( ar, جزيرة جدة) are a group of three small uninhabited islets in Bahrain, lying to the west of Bahrain Island and just north of Umm an Nasan in the Persian Gulf. They are west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. His ...

Muharraq Island Muharraq Island (), formerly known as Moharek, is the second largest island in the archipelago of Bahrain after Bahrain Island. It lies east of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. History It is named after Muharraq City, the former capital ...

Nabih Saleh Nabih Saleh ( ar, النبيه صالح) is an island of Bahrain in the Arabian Gulf. It lies in the Tubli Bay, east of Bahrain Island, and is south of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. History The island is named for the formerly separat ...

Sitra Sitra ( ar, سترة or , ''As-Sitra''), also known as Sitrah ( ar, Jazīrat Sitrah, script=Latn) or Sitra Island ( ar, Jazīrat as-Sitra, script=Latn), is an island in Bahrain. It lies south of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. History ; ...

Umm an Nasan Umm an Nasan island ( ar, ام النعسان) is the fifth largest island in Bahrain. It is west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain Island. Description Umm an Nasan is privately owned by Prime Minister Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa, and is off ...

Umm as Sabaan Umm as Sabaan ( ar, ام الصبان) is an islet in Bahrain. It lies off the north western corner of Bahrain Island, near Budaiya village, and east of Jidda Island, located in the Persian Gulf. It lies west of the capital, Manama, on Bahrain I ...

Iran

Abbasak Island Abbasak ( fa, عباسك, also Romanized as ‘Abbāsak) is a village in Rudbar-e Mohammad-e Zamani Rural District, Alamut-e Gharbi District, Qazvin County, Qazvin Province, Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and ...

(Shah Zendegi) *

Abu Musa , location = Persian Gulf , coordinates = , total_islands = 1 , area_km2 = 12.8 , highest_mount = Mount Halva , elevation_m = 110 , country = Iran , country_admin_divisions_title = Province , cou ...

Buneh Island Buneh (variously Jazīreh-ye Būneh) is a low-lying island in Khuzestan, Iran. Location and geography Buneh Island is located in the far north of the Persian Gulf, at the mouth of Musa Bay, and is one of the four major islands in the estuary ...

* Cheraghi Island *

Dara Island Dara ( Persian: دارا) is an Iranian non-residential island in the Persian Gulf. The island is located in the mouth of Musa Bay. This island is a habitat for aquatic and coastal birds, including terns and coral reef A coral reef is an u ...

Farsi Island Farsi Island ( fa, جزیره فارسی, translit=jazīreye fârsī) is a tiny, barren Iranian island ( Bushehr province) in the Persian Gulf. There is an IRGC Navy base on this island. The island has an area of about and is restricted from the ...

* Forur Bozorg Island (Polour) * Forur Koochak Island (Forurgan) *

Greater Tunb (Tonb-e Bozorg or Tonb-e Kuchak) ar, طنب الكبرى وطنب الصغرى (Tunb el-Kubra and Tunb el-Sughra) , location = Persian Gulf , coordinates = Greater: Lesser: , archipelago = , total_islands = 2 , major_is ...

– claimed by

Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah An emirate is a territory ruled by an emir, a title used by monarchs or high officeholders in the Muslim world. From a historical point of view, an emirate is a political-religious unit smaller than a caliphate. It can be considered equivalen ...

, United Arab Emirates. *

Lesser Tunb (Tonb-e Bozorg or Tonb-e Kuchak) ar, طنب الكبرى وطنب الصغرى (Tunb el-Kubra and Tunb el-Sughra) , location = Persian Gulf , coordinates = Greater: Lesser: , archipelago = , total_islands = 2 , major_is ...

– claimed by Emirate of Ras al-Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. *

Hendurabi Island Hendurabi or Hendorabi ( fa, هندورابی) is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Its name is derived from the Persian word ''Andar-abi'' meaning "Inside the waters". It is located in Hormozgan Province, to the west of Kish Island and due ...

Hengam Island Hengam Island ( fa, جزیره هنگام) is an Iranian island located south of Qeshm Island, Iran, in the Persian Gulf. Geography It is wide and shaped like a truncated cone. The island is generally calcareous and generally low-lying. The h ...

Hormuz Island Hormuz Island (; fa, جزیره هرمز ''Jazireh-ye Hormoz''), also spelled Hormoz, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. Located in the Strait of Hormuz, off the Iranian coast, the island is part of Hormozgan Province. It is sparsely i ...

* Jonobi Island (Mir Mohna Island) *

Kharg Island Kharg or Khark Island ( fa, جزیره خارک) is a continental island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. The island is located off the coast of Iran and northwest of the Strait of Hormuz. Its total area is . Administered by the adjacent ...

(Khark) * Kharku Island *

Kish Island Kish ( fa, کیش ) is a resort island in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgān Province, off the southern coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf. Owing to its free trade zone status, the island is touted as a consumer's paradise, with numerous malls, ...

Larak Island Larak Island (also Lark Island) is an island off the coast of Iran, which has been one of Iran's major oil export points since 1987. The narrowest part of the Strait of Hormuz at distance of lies between the island and the Omani-owned Quoin Is ...

Lavan Island , location = Persian Gulf , coordinates = , area_km2 = 78 , length_km = 23.5 , width_km = 4.8 , country = Iran , country_admin_divisions_title = Province , country_admin_divisions ...

Minu Island Minoo Island is an Iranian island in the Khuzestan province (located in Persian Gulf), in southwestern Iran and is located between the cities of Abadan and Khorramshahr.PDF The city of Minushahr is on the island. The island is comprehended enti ...

* Morghi Island * Motaff Island * Mouliaat Island *

Naaz Islands The Naaz islands (also Naz islands, fa, جزایر ناز) are two tidal islands in the Persian gulf, on the shore of Qeshm Island. At low tide, the intertidal zone of Qeshm connects the islands to the shore and at high tide the littoral zone ...

* Nakhiloo Island * Negin Island * Om e Sile Island (Khan) * Ommolkorm Island (Gorm) * Qabre Nakhoda Island * Qeshm Island * Rostam Island (Reshadat oil field platform) * Sadra Island * SeDandon Island * Sheykh Andarabi Island *

Shidvar Island Shidvar Island (), is an uninhabited island in the Persian Gulf east of the larger inhabited island of Lavan. The whole island is a natural reserve called Shidvar Wildlife Refuge. Administratively, the island forms part of the Lavan Rural District ...

* Shif Island *

Sirri Island Sirri Island ( fa, جزیره سیری), is an island in the Persian Gulf belonging to Iran. Sirri island (also known as Siri Island) is situated from Bandar-e Lengeh and west of Abu Musa island. The island is one of six in the Abu Musâ Is ...

* Tahmadu Island (Jabrin)

Kuwait

Auhah Island Auhah Island is a small island belonging to Kuwait. It is long by wide, which corresponds to an area of about , and is located south-east of Failaka Island, and from Salmiya on the mainland. Apart from a lighthouse and a small heliport, the isl ...

Bubiyan Island Bubiyan Island ( ar, جزيرة بوبيان) is the largest island in the Kuwaiti coastal island chain situated in the north-western corner of the Persian Gulf, with an area of . Bubiyan Island is part of the Shatt al-Arab delta. The Mubarak A ...

Failaka Island Failaka Island ( ar, فيلكا '' / ''; Kuwaiti Arabic: فيلچا ) is a Kuwaiti Island in the Persian Gulf. The island is 20 km off the coast of Kuwait City in the Persian Gulf. The name "Failaka" is thought to be derived from the ancien ...

Kubbar Island Kubbar ( ar, جزيرة كبر) 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, wit ...

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 (area about 0.75 km2). The distance between it and Failaka Island, whic ...

Qaruh Island Qaruh Island ( ar, جزيرة قاروه) is an island belonging to the state of Kuwait, which received its name from the large amounts of petroleum sediments in the area (known as ''Qar'' in Arabic). It is the smallest of the nine islands, and al ...

Umm al Maradim Island Umm al Maradim ()(''Translation: Mother of boulders'') is an island located at the extreme south of Kuwait's marine borders near the junction with the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Umm Al-Maradim is surrounded by deep waters which enable ships to la ...

Umm an Namil Island Umm al Namil ( ar, جزيرة ام النمل)(''Translation: Mother of ants'') is an island belonging to Kuwait, located within Kuwait Bay, in Persian Gulf. The island is at shortest, away from the Kuwaiti mainland. The island is known to be ...

Warbah Island Warbah Island ( ar, جزيرة وربة) is an island belonging to Kuwait, located in the Persian Gulf, near the mouth of the Euphrates River. It is located roughly east of the Kuwaiti mainland, north of Bubiyan Island, and south of the Iraqi m ...

* Green Island

Saudi Arabia

* Arabia Island *

Tarout Island Tārūt Island ( ar, جزيرة تاروت) is an island in the Persian Gulf belonging to the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia, connected by two causeways to Qatif. It is six kilometers from the coast, and is the longest island in the Persian Gu ...

* Huwaisat Island * Mashaab Island *Paradise Island *Muslimyah Island *Qumairi Island *Jana Island *Grid Island *Crane Island * Couscous island * Al Bayna Island *

Abu Ali Island Abu or ABU may refer to: Places * Abu (volcano), a volcano on the island of Honshū in Japan * Abu, Yamaguchi, a town in Japan * Ahmadu Bello University, a university located in Zaria, Nigeria * Atlantic Baptist University, a Christian university ...

* Darien Island

United Arab Emirates

* Daiyina * Das * Dalma *

Arzanah Arzanah Island ( ar, جزيرة أرزنة) is an island is located about northwest of Abu Dhabi and about from Khawr al Udayd Khawr al Udayd, ( ar, خور العديد; also spelled Khor al Adaid and Khor al-‘Udeid) is a settlement and in ...

* Al Qaffāy * Sir Abu Nu’ayr * Zirku Island

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