Sirri Island ( fa, جزیره سیری), is an island in the

Persian Gulf The Persian Gulf ( fa, خلیج فارس, translit=xalij-e fârs, lit=Gulf of Fars, ), sometimes called the ( ar, اَلْخَلِيْجُ ٱلْعَرَبِيُّ, Al-Khalīj al-ˁArabī), is a mediterranean sea in Western Asia. The bod ...

belonging to

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. 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 Island Group (and is part of Hormozgan province). The island is almost long with a width of about . It covers an area of . The highest point on the island is above sea level. Like the other islands in the

it enjoys a warm and humid climate. Sirri Island is the location of an oil platform that was once destroyed by the

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of the United States during

Operation Praying Mantis Operation Praying Mantis was an attack on 18 April 1988, by the United States Armed Forces within Iranian territorial waters in retaliation for the Iranian naval mining of the Persian Gulf during the Iran–Iraq War and the subsequent damage t ...

on April 18, 1988. The platform was reconstructed later, after the war. The Sirri District includes the Sivand and Dena Oil Fields, Nosrat Oil Field, Alvand Oil Field and the Esfand Oil Field along with the Nasr offshore oil platforms. The airport located on the island ( Sirri Airport (SXI)) is uncontrolled with a single runway though Iranian military planes have been seen there. The Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) has undertaken several major oil and gas development projects on the island including a $500 million (

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) NGL Gas factory and a development contract to develop and increase production of the Iranian Nosrat oil field which is projected to increase crude oil production capacity from . Another project plans for the renovation of the crude oil export facilities and construction of two large crude oil storage tanks, each with capacity, on the island is also planned.

Climate

Sirri Island has a

hot desert climate The desert climate or arid climate (in the Köppen climate classification ''BWh'' and ''BWk''), is a dry climate sub-type in which there is a severe excess of evaporation over precipitation. The typically bald, rocky, or sandy surfaces in desert ...

(

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''BWh''). In the summer, Sirri Island sees some of the highest average

dew point The dew point is the temperature to which air must be cooled to become saturated with water vapor, assuming constant air pressure and water content. When cooled below the dew point, moisture capacity is reduced and airborne water vapor will cond ...

s of any place in the world, averaging above in July and August. As a result,

heat indices The heat index (HI) is an index that combines air temperature and relative humidity, in shaded areas, to posit a human-perceived equivalent temperature, as how hot it would feel if the humidity were some other value in the shade. The result is als ...

generally top for most days during the summer. This immense humidity causes summer diurnal ranges to be lower than in normal desert climates, and is a result of air flow from the warm waters of the Persian Gulf.

References

Gitashenasi Province Atlas of Iran
' Islands of Iran Landforms of Hormozgan Province Lighthouses in Iran {{Hormozgan-geo-stub

Climate

See also

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