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 bo ...
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. At the 2006 census, its population was 891, in 172 families. The rural district has 2 ...
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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 ...
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Bandar Lengeh County
Bandar Lengeh County ( fa, شهرستان بندر لنگه) is located in Hormozgan province, Iran. The capital of the county is Bandar Lengeh. At the 2006 census, the county's population was 113,625, in 24,712 households. Retrieved 5 Novemb ...
Camel
A camel (from: la, camelus and grc-gre, κάμηλος (''kamēlos'') from Hebrew or Phoenician: גָמָל ''gāmāl''.) is an even-toed ungulate in the genus ''Camelus'' that bears distinctive fatty deposits known as "humps" on its back. ...
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The island was designated a
Ramsar site
A Ramsar site is a wetland site designated to be of international importance under the Ramsar Convention,8 ha (O)
*** Permanent 8 ha (P)
*** Seasonal Intermittent < 8 ha(Ts)
** Ramsar sites database /ref>
See also
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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
* ...