Kharg Island

Kharg Island, also spelled Khark Island and often referred to as the "Forbidden Island", is a continental of in the . The island is 25 kilometres off the coast of Iran and 660 kilometres northwest of the .
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in Bushehr County, Iran
  • Also known as: “Jazīrat Khārg”, “Karak”, “Karrack”, “Khārij”, “Khark”, and “The Forbidden Island”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Palmyran Grave, Kharg and Khark Island Airport.

Archaeological site
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is an archaeological site.

Aerodrome
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Kharg Airport is a regional airport located in city of , Bushehr Province, in southern . The airport is used by the Iran Ministry of Petroleum for transferring employees of Iran Oil Company by Karun Airlines and Mahan Air.

Tomb
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is a tomb.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kharg.

Town
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is a city in, and the capital of, District in Bushehr County, province, . The city is located on Island in the .

Kharg Island

Latitude
29.24583° or 29° 14′ 45″ north
Longitude
50.31583° or 50° 18′ 57″ east
Population
10,000
Elevation
32 metres (105 feet)
IATA airport code
KHK
United Nations Location Code
IR KHK
Open location code
7HXG68W8+88
Geo­Names ID
127757
Wiki­data ID
Q913355
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Kharg Island” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Chark-eiland”
  • Arabic: “جزيرة خارک”
  • Arabic: “خارج”
  • Arabic: “خارک”
  • Armenian: “Խարկ”
  • Asturian: “islla de Kharg”
  • Asturian: “Kharg”
  • Azerbaijani: “Xarg adası”
  • Basque: “Jarq uhartea”
  • Basque: “Karak uhartea”
  • Basque: “Kharg uhartea”
  • Basque: “Khark uhartea”
  • Belarusian: “Харг”
  • Belarusian: “Харк”
  • Bengali: “খার্গ দ্বীপ”
  • Catalan: “illa de Kharg”
  • Catalan: “Kharg”
  • Cebuano: “Jazīreh-ye Khārk”
  • Central Kurdish: “دوورگەی خارگ”
  • Chinese: “哈尔克岛”
  • Chinese: “哈爾克島”
  • Chinese: “夏茖島”
  • Croatian: “Harg”
  • Croatian: “Hark”
  • Czech: “Chárag”
  • Czech: “Charg”
  • Czech: “Chárg”
  • Danish: “Kharg”
  • Dutch: “Kareek”
  • Dutch: “Kharg”
  • Esperanto: “Ĥark”
  • Estonian: “Khārgi saar”
  • Finnish: “Kharg”
  • French: “Ile de Kharg”
  • French: “Île de Khark”
  • French: “Kharg”
  • German: “Charg”
  • German: “Kharg”
  • Greek: “Χαργκ”
  • Hausa: “Tsibirin Kharg”
  • Hebrew: “האי ח’ארכ”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ארג”
  • Hebrew: “ח’ארכ”
  • Hungarian: “Hárg-sziget”
  • Hungarian: “Hárg”
  • Icelandic: “Kharg-eyja”
  • Indonesian: “Pulau Kharg”
  • Interlingue: “Kharg”
  • Irish: “Oileán Kharg”
  • Italian: “Isola di Kharg”
  • Italian: “Kharg”
  • Italian: “Khark”
  • Japanese: “カーグ島”
  • Japanese: “ハールク島”
  • Korean: “하르그섬”
  • Kurdish: “Xark”
  • Lao: “ເກາະຄາຣ໌ກ”
  • Latin: “Insula Charga”
  • Latvian: “Hārka”
  • Lithuanian: “Chargas”
  • Lithuanian: “Charkas”
  • Malagasy: “Kharg (nosy)”
  • Malagasy: “Kharg”
  • Mazanderani: “جزیره خارک”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kharg Island”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kharg”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Khark-øya”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kharg”
  • Norwegian: “Kharg”
  • Papiamento: “Kharg”
  • Persian: “جَزيرَت خارگ”
  • Persian: “جزيره خارك”
  • Persian: “جَزيرِۀ خارگ”
  • Persian: “جزیره خارک”
  • Persian: “جزیرهٔ خارک”
  • Persian: “جزیره خارگ”
  • Polish: “Chark”
  • Polish: “Jazīreh-ye Khārk”
  • Portuguese: “Ilha de Kharg”
  • Portuguese: “khark”
  • Pushto: “خارګ ټاپو”
  • Pushto: “خارگ ټاپو”
  • Romanian: “Insula Interzisă”
  • Romanian: “Insula Karak”
  • Romanian: “Insula Kharg”
  • Russian: “Харк”
  • Serbian: “Харг (острво)”
  • Serbian: “Харг”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Hark”
  • Spanish: “Isla de Jarg”
  • Spanish: “Isla Kharg”
  • Spanish: “Jarg”
  • Spanish: “Jārg”
  • Spanish: “Jarq”
  • Spanish: “Karg”
  • Spanish: “Kharg”
  • Spanish: “Khark”
  • Swahili: “karak”
  • Swahili: “Kharg Island”
  • Swedish: “Jazīreh-ye Khārk”
  • Swedish: “Kharg ö”
  • Swedish: “Kharg”
  • Swiss German: “Charg”
  • Tamil: “கார்க் தீவு”
  • Telugu: “ఖార్గ్ ద్వీపం”
  • Thai: “Kharg Island”
  • Thai: “เกาะฆอร์ก”
  • Turkish: “Harg Adası”
  • Turkish: “Hark Adası”
  • Ukrainian: “Харк”
  • Yue Chinese: “夏茖島”

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