Shidvar Island (), is an uninhabited 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 ...
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
Lavan Rural District ( fa, دهستان لاوان) is a rural district (''dehestan'') in the Kish District of Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran
Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, ...
in
Kish District Kish District ( fa, بخش کیش) is a district (bakhsh) in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 21,637, in 6,344 families. The District has one city: Kish. The District has two rural districts ...
,
Bandar Lengeh County
Bandar Lengeh County ( fa, شهرستان بندر لنگه) is located in Hormozgan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Lengeh
Bandar Lengeh ( fa, بندرلنگه, also Romanized as Bandar-e Lengeh, Bandar-e-Langeh and B ...
,
Hormozgan Province, Iran.
The name Shetor or Shotor in Persian means
Camel.
The island was designated a
Ramsar site in 1999.
Ramsar sites database
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See also
*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
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References
Ramsar sites in Iran
Bandar Lengeh County
Landforms of Hormozgan Province
Uninhabited islands of Iran
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