Lesser Tunb
Greater Tunb and Lesser Tunb are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at and, some 12 kilometres from each other and 20 kilometres south of the Iranian Qeshm Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Abumusa County, Iran
- Also known as: “Jazīreh-e Nabīyō Tomb”, “Jazīreh-ye Tonb-e Kūchek”, “Jazīreh-Ye-Tonb-e-Kūchak”, “kleine Tumb-Insel”, “Lesser Tunb Island”, “Nabī Tonb”, “Nābī Ţunb”, “Nabīyu Tunb”, “Ţunb aş Şughrá”, “Tunb as Sugra”, “Ṭunb aṣ-Ṣuġrā”, “Tunb Soghra”, “Tunb Sugra”, “Томбе-Кучек”, “Тонб-е Кучак”, “جزیره تنب کوچک”, “جزیرهٔ تنب کوچک”, and “طنب کوچک”
Lesser Tunb
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hormozgan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
26.2416° or 26° 14′ 30″ north
Longitude
55.1476° or 55° 8′ 51″ east
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
7HRQ64RX+J2
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
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Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lesser Tunb” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “طُنْب اَص أُغْرَى”
- Arabic: “طنب الصغرى”
- Cebuano: “Lesser Tunb”
- Chinese: “小通布岛”
- Chinese: “小通布島”
- Croatian: “Mali Tunb”
- French: “île Tunb”
- French: “Petite Tomb”
- German: “kleine Tunb-Insel”
- German: “Kleine Tunb-Insel”
- Hebrew: “טונב הקטן”
- Persian: “تنب کوچک”
- Persian: “جَزيرِۀ تُنبِ كوچِك”
- Persian: “نَبی تُنب”
- Russian: “Малый Томб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Mali Tunb”
- Spanish: “Tumb Menor”
- Swedish: “Lesser Tunb”
- Tajik: “Тонби хурд”
- Tajik: “Тунби Хурд”
- Ukrainian: “Малий Томб”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Greater Tunb and Dustku.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lesser Tunb and مسجد امام علی علیه السلام.
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