{"id":91668,"date":"2026-03-14T14:41:27","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T09:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=91668"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:17:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T10:47:35","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<div class=\"flex flex-col text-sm pb-25\">\n<article class=\"text-token-text-primary w-full focus:outline-none [--shadow-height:45px] has-data-writing-block:pointer-events-none has-data-writing-block:-mt-(--shadow-height) has-data-writing-block:pt-(--shadow-height) [&amp;:has([data-writing-block])&gt;*]:pointer-events-auto scroll-mt-[calc(var(--header-height)+min(200px,max(70px,20svh)))]\" dir=\"auto\" tabindex=\"-1\" data-turn-id=\"request-WEB:e9c1df44-c69f-4197-9c5a-93cdc0ef1102-1\" data-testid=\"conversation-turn-4\" 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data-message-model-slug=\"gpt-5-3\">\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-col gap-1 empty:hidden\">\n<div class=\"markdown prose dark:prose-invert w-full wrap-break-word light markdown-new-styling\">\n<p data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"291\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kharg Island<\/span><\/span> is in the news after the <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">United States<\/span><\/span> launched airstrikes on military targets there amid escalating tensions with <span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Iran<\/span><\/span>, raising concerns about disruptions to global oil supply.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<h2><b>About Kharg Island<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a small <\/span><b>coral island in Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 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;\">This<\/span><b> rocky limestone island<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is unique because it is <\/span><b>one of the few islands in the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/persian-gulf\/\" target=\"_blank\">Persian Gulf<\/a> with freshwater,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which has collected within the porous limestone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The island experiences hot and humid summers, and its highest point, <\/span><b>Mount Didehban, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">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 development of the island as a <\/span><b>site for major petroleum and petrochemical installations.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b>Connection by pipelines to the underwater oil fields,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as well as <\/span><b>to the oil fields in Khuzistan provinc<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">e, transformed Kharg into<\/span><b> Iran&#8217;s 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;\">During the <\/span><b>Iran\u2013Iraq war (1980\u20131988), Kharg repeatedly was bombed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and its oil facilities suffered extensive damage, but they were <\/span><b>reconstructed in the early 1990s.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It facilitates as much as <\/span><b>90 percent of the country&#8217;s oil exports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and is vital for Iran&#8217;s 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 a <\/span><b>loading capacity<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of about<\/span><b> 7 million barrels per day<\/b><span 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It can load eight to nine supertankers simultaneously.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Its strategic significance 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>Source<\/b><strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/us\/news\/2026\/03\/08\/us-could-seize-strategic-oil-island\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TELE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kharg Island is a small coral island in Iran\u2019s northern Persian Gulf and a key hub for exporting most of the country\u2019s crude oil. 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