Lavan Island
Lavan Island is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. The 78 square kilometres island has one of the four major terminals for export of crude oil in Iran alongside Kharg Island.- Type: Island
- Description: island in Bandar Lengeh County, Iran
- Also known as: “Bu Shuaib Island”, “Būshoeyb”, “Hidden Pearl Island”, “Jazireh Sheikh Shoaib”, “Jazireh-ye Lavan”, “Jazīreh-ye Sheykh Sho‘eyb”, “Jezīrat Sheikh-Shuaib”, “Lavan”, “Levan Island”, “Shaik Shuaib Island”, “Shaikh Shu‘aib Island”, “Shaikh Shuaib Island”, and “Sheikh Shoeyb Island”
- Historically known as: “Sheik Shuaib Island”
Lavan Island
- Categories: coastline, locality, and landform
- Location: Hormozgan, Iran, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.81843° or 26° 49′ 6″ north
Longitude
53.27257° or 53° 16′ 21″ east
Elevation
53 metres (174 feet)
IATA airport code
LVP
Open location code
7HRMR79F+92
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
natural=coastline
OpenStreetMap feature
place=island
This page is based on OpenStreetMap, GeoNames, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons, and Wikipedia.
We’d love your help improving our open data sources. Thank you for contributing.
Satellite Map
Discover Lavan Island from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Lavan Island” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جزيرة لافان”
- Arabic: “جزيرة لاوان”
- Arabic: “جزیره لاوان”
- Azerbaijani: “Lavan adası”
- Belarusian: “Лаван”
- Catalan: “Illa Lavan”
- Cebuano: “Jazīreh-ye Lāvān”
- Chinese: “拉萬島”
- Croatian: “Lavan”
- Dutch: “Lavan Island”
- Finnish: “Lavan”
- French: “Lavan”
- German: “Lavan”
- Greek: “Λαβάν”
- Greek: “Νήσος Λαβάν”
- Hebrew: “לאוואן (אי)”
- Hebrew: “לאוואן”
- Italian: “Lavan”
- Japanese: “ラバン島”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Lavan”
- Persian: “بوشُِيب”
- Persian: “جزيره لاوان”
- Persian: “جَزيرِۀ شِيخ شُعِيب”
- Persian: “جزیره لاوان”
- Persian: “جزیرهٔ لاوان”
- Persian: “لاوان”
- Portuguese: “Ilha Lavan”
- Russian: “Абу-Шоаби”
- Russian: “Лаван”
- Russian: “Шейх-Шуайб”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Lavan”
- Spanish: “Lavan”
- Spanish: “Laván”
- Swedish: “Jazīreh-ye Lāvān”
- Turkish: “Lavan Adası”
- Ukrainian: “Лаван”
- Western Panjabi: “دہستان جزیره لاوان”
Places with the Same Name
Discover other places named “Lavan Island”.
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Bandar-e Nakhilu and Bandar-e Moqam.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Lavan Island and مسجد امیر مومنین.
Iran: Must-Visit Destinations
Delve into Tehran, Isfahan, Tabriz, and Sistan and Baluchestan.
Curious Islands to Discover
Uncover intriguing islands from every corner of the globe.