Hengam Island ( fa, جزیره هنگام) is an
Iranian island located south of
Qeshm Island,
Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...
, 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 ...
.
Geography
It is wide and shaped like a truncated cone. The island is generally
calcareous
Calcareous () is an adjective meaning "mostly or partly composed of calcium carbonate", in other words, containing lime or being chalky. The term is used in a wide variety of scientific disciplines.
In zoology
''Calcareous'' is used as an ad ...
and generally low-lying. The highest point on the island is Nakas Mountain with an altitude of about . The distance between Hengam Island and
Qeshm Island is about
The primary economic activity is
fishing
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, as well as some
tourism
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and sightseeing. The main sights of Hengam are the English harbor buildings along with the coal storage, the
Portuguese
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* anything of, from, or related to the country and nation of Portugal
** Portuguese cuisine, traditional foods
** Portuguese language, a Romance language
*** Portuguese dialects, variants of the Portuguese language
** Portu ...
shipwrecks, and aquatic animals such as
turtle
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s,
dolphin
A dolphin is an aquatic mammal within the infraorder Cetacea. Dolphin species belong to the families Delphinidae (the oceanic dolphins), Platanistidae (the Indian river dolphins), Iniidae (the New World river dolphins), Pontoporiidae (the ...
s,
coral
Corals are marine invertebrates within the class Anthozoa of the phylum Cnidaria. They typically form compact colonies of many identical individual polyps. Coral species include the important reef builders that inhabit tropical oceans and ...
s, and
shark
Sharks are a group of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton, five to seven gill slits on the sides of the head, and pectoral fins that are not fused to the head. Modern sharks are classified within the clade Selachi ...
s.
See also
*
Hormozgān Province
*
List of islands of Iran
This is a list of islands of Iran.
Coastal islands Persian Gulf
;Inhabited
* Bent
* Buneh
* Dara
* Farsi
* Faror
* Farvargan
* Hendorabi
* Hengam
* Hormuz
* Jonobi
* Kharg
* Kish
* Larak
* Lavan
* Minu
* Qabre Nakhoda
* Qeshm
...
*
List of lighthouses in Iran
Gallery
File:Hengamsland.jpg,
File:HengamDolphins.jpg,
References
Further reading
* ''Speak the Wind'' (Mack, 2021; photographs by
Hoda Afshar; essay by
Michael Taussig
Michael T. Taussig (born 3 April 1940 in Sydney) is an Australian anthropologist and professor at Columbia University. He is best known for his engagement with Marx's idea of commodity fetishism, especially in terms of the work of Walter Benjami ...
) This work documents the landscapes and people of the islands of
Hormuz,
Qeshm, and Hengam, all located 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 ...
off the south coast of Iran. Afshar got to know some of the people there, travelling there frequently over the years, and they told her about the history of the place. She said that "their narrations led the project", and she explores "the idea of being possessed by history, and in this context, the history of slavery and cruelty”.
External links
Picture of Jazīreh-ye Hengām Lighthouse
Islands of Iran
Qeshm County
Landforms of Hormozgan Province
Lighthouses in Iran
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