{"id":91668,"date":"2026-10-21T12:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T07:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91668"},"modified":"2026-10-21T18:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:40:36","slug":"kharg-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kharg-island\/","title":{"rendered":"Kharg Island"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kharg Island Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Trump is reportedly considering strikes on Iran&#8217;s strategic Kharg Island oil hub to pressure Tehran over its nuclear programme and the Strait of Hormuz, although the claims remain unconfirmed.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kharg Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>small coral island in Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> located in the <\/span><b>northern Persian Gulf.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It lies about <\/span><b>30 km from the Iranian mainland.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its area is 25 sq.km., its length is 8 km, and its width is 4.5 km.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is <\/span><b>one of relatively few Persian Gulf islands <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with <\/span><b>natural freshwater resources,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> making it suitable for settlement by small populations.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island experiences <\/span><b>hot and humid summers<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and its highest point, Mount Didehban, stands at 87 meters above sea level.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>discovery of an offshore oil field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the waters around Kharg in the early <\/span><b>1960s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">stimulated the <\/span><b>development of the island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as a site for <\/span><b>major petroleum and petrochemical installations.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Connection by pipelines to the underwater oil field<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s, as well as to the <\/span><b>oil fields in Khuzistan province, transformed Kharg into Iran\u2019s largest oil-loading terminal<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> by the early 1970s.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Although it is close to the coast, it is <\/span><b>surrounded by deep waters, allowing large oil tankers to dock.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>During the Iran\u2013Iraq war (1980\u20131988),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kharg repeatedly was <\/span><b>bombed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and its oil facilities suffered extensive damage, but they were reconstructed in the early 1990s.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It facilitates as much as<\/span><b> 90 percent of the country\u2019s oil exports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is vital for Iran\u2019s economy.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It boasts a massive storage capacity of 28 million barrels and loading infrastructure capable of handling VLCCs and ULCCs.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It has the <\/span><b>ability to load <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">10 supertankers simultaneously and about <\/span><b>7 million barrels of oil per day.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its <\/span><b>strategic significance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lies in its<\/span><b> proximity to the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/strait-of-hormuz\/\" target=\"_blank\">Strait of Hormuz<\/a>, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">a crucial global oil passage.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>News: <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.moneycontrol.com\/world\/trump-weighs-strikes-on-iran-s-kharg-island-oil-hub-to-pressure-tehran-report-article-14055322.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><b>MC<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kharg Island is a small coral island in Iran located in the northern Persian Gulf. 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