Kharg Island

12 Nov 2024 14:37:44 pm

Tags : Kharg Island

Topic: West Asia

Why in the news?

Iranian authorities are working to control an oil spill four miles (6.4 km.) off Iran’s Kharg Island. Procedures had been activated to stop the pollution spreading and the situation was being continuously assessed.
Iran is a member of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries with production of around 3.2 million barrels per day, or about 3 percent of global output.
Most of Iran’s oil and gas is in the south of the country, where the Kharg Island terminal is situated and from which around 90 percent of Iranian oil exports are shipped.

Source: The Hindu

About Kharg Island:

It is a continental island of Iran in the Persian Gulf.
The island is 25 km. off the coast of Iran and 483 km. northwest of the Strait of Hormuz.
Its total area is 20 sq. km.
It provides a sea port for the export of oil and extends Iranian territorial sea claims into the Persian Gulf oil fields.

Persian Gulf:

It is a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that lies between the Arabian Peninsula and southwestern Iran.
It covers an area of about 241,000 sq. km.
It is bordered:
- on the north, northeast, and east by Iran
- on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates
- on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia
- on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq

Strait of Hormuz:

It is a channel linking the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea.
It separates Iran (north) from the Arabian Peninsula (south).
It is the world\'s most important oil chokepoint because of the large volumes of oil that flow through it.

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