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href="https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qe%C5%9Fm_adas%C4%B1" title="Qeşm adası – Azerbaijani" lang="az" hreflang="az" data-title="Qeşm adası" data-language-autonym="Azərbaycanca" data-language-local-name="Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Azərbaycanca</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bn mw-list-item"><a href="https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%97%E0%A7%87%E0%A6%B6%E0%A6%AE_%E0%A6%A6%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AC%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%AA" title="গেশম দ্বীপ – Bangla" lang="bn" hreflang="bn" data-title="গেশম দ্বীপ" data-language-autonym="বাংলা" data-language-local-name="Bangla" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>বাংলা</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be mw-list-item"><a href="https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC_(%D0%B2%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%9E)" title="Кешм (востраў) – Belarusian" lang="be" hreflang="be" data-title="Кешм (востраў)" data-language-autonym="Беларуская" data-language-local-name="Belarusian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-be-x-old mw-list-item"><a href="https://be-tarask.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC" title="Кешм – Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" lang="be-tarask" hreflang="be-tarask" data-title="Кешм" data-language-autonym="Беларуская (тарашкевіца)" data-language-local-name="Belarusian (Taraškievica orthography)" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Беларуская (тарашкевіца)</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC" title="Кешм – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Кешм" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm_Island" title="Qeshm Island – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Qeshm Island" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%A1m" title="Kešm – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Kešm" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeschm" title="Qeschm – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Qeschm" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshmi_saar" title="Qeshmi saar – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Qeshmi saar" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-el mw-list-item"><a href="https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B5%CF%83%CE%BC" title="Κεσμ – Greek" lang="el" hreflang="el" data-title="Κεσμ" data-language-autonym="Ελληνικά" data-language-local-name="Greek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ελληνικά</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%9Dm" title="Keŝm – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Keŝm" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85" title="جزیره قشم – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="جزیره قشم" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qechm" title="Qechm – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Qechm" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%BC%80%EC%8A%98%EC%84%AC" title="케슘섬 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="케슘섬" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hy mw-list-item"><a href="https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%94%D5%A5%D5%B7%D5%B4_%D5%AF%D5%B2%D5%A6%D5%AB" title="Քեշմ կղզի – Armenian" lang="hy" hreflang="hy" data-title="Քեշմ կղզի" data-language-autonym="Հայերեն" data-language-local-name="Armenian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Հայերեն</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%A1m" title="Kešm – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Kešm" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC_(%D1%81%D0%B0%D0%BA%D1%8A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%85)" title="Кешм (сакъадах) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Кешм (сакъадах)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%A9%D7%9D" title="קשם – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="קשם" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%99%E1%83%94%E1%83%A8%E1%83%9B%E1%83%98_(%E1%83%99%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9C%E1%83%AB%E1%83%A3%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98)" title="კეშმი (კუნძული) – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="კეშმი (კუნძული)" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ky mw-list-item"><a href="https://ky.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC_%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BB%D1%8B" title="Кешм аралы – Kyrgyz" lang="ky" hreflang="ky" data-title="Кешм аралы" data-language-autonym="Кыргызча" data-language-local-name="Kyrgyz" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Кыргызча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%A1ma" title="Kešma – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Kešma" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%A1mas" title="Kešmas – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Kešmas" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kesm" title="Kesm – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Kesm" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85" title="قشم – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="قشم" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qishm" title="Qishm – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Qishm" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%A0%E5%B3%B6" title="ゲシュム島 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ゲシュム島" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keshm" title="Keshm – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Keshm" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%DB%81_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85" title="جزیرہ قشم – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="جزیرہ قشم" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keszm_(wyspa)" title="Keszm (wyspa) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Keszm (wyspa)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queixome" title="Queixome – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Queixome" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insula_Qeshm" title="Insula Qeshm – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Insula Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B5%D1%88%D0%BC_(%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B2)" title="Кешм (остров) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Кешм (остров)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-so mw-list-item"><a href="https://so.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Somali" lang="so" hreflang="so" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Soomaaliga" data-language-local-name="Somali" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Soomaaliga</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ke%C5%A1m" title="Kešm – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Kešm" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-su mw-list-item"><a href="https://su.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulo_Qesym" title="Pulo Qesym – Sundanese" lang="su" hreflang="su" data-title="Pulo Qesym" data-language-autonym="Sunda" data-language-local-name="Sundanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Sunda</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qe%C5%A1m" title="Qešm – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Qešm" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qeshm" title="Qeshm – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Qeshm" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" 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lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Not to be confused with <a href="/wiki/Kish_Island" title="Kish Island">Kish Island</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media 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class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg/260px-QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg/390px-QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg/520px-QeshmIsland_NASA.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3850" data-file-height="2950" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Qeshm from space, August 2000</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Qeshm_fr.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Qeshm_fr.jpg/260px-Qeshm_fr.jpg" decoding="async" width="260" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/Qeshm_fr.jpg/390px-Qeshm_fr.jpg 1.5x, 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.infobox-full-data .locmap div{background:transparent!important}}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:260px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:260px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:260px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Iran_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="Qeshm is located in Iran"><img alt="Qeshm is located in Iran" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/260px-Iran_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="232" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/390px-Iran_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Iran_location_map.svg/520px-Iran_location_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="1071" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:85.837%;left:59.114%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Qeshm"><img alt="Qeshm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pr" style="width:6em;left:5px"><div>Qeshm</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Qeshm Island in Iran</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Iran</span></div></div></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238443738"><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:260px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:260px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:260px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png" class="mw-file-description" title="Qeshm is located in Persian Gulf"><img alt="Qeshm is located in Persian Gulf" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png/260px-Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png" decoding="async" width="260" height="212" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png/390px-Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/41/Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png/520px-Persian_Gulf_relief_location_map.png 2x" data-file-width="1100" data-file-height="896" /></a></span><div class="od notheme" style="top:53.809%;left:78.348%;font-size:91%"><div class="id" style="left:-4px;top:-4px"><span class="notpageimage" typeof="mw:File"><span title="Qeshm"><img alt="Qeshm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/8px-Red_pog.svg.png" decoding="async" width="8" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/12px-Red_pog.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Red_pog.svg/16px-Red_pog.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="64" data-file-height="64" /></span></span></div><div class="pl" style="width:6em;right:5px"><div>Qeshm</div></div></div></div><div style="padding-top:0.2em">Location of Queshm Island in the Persian Gulf</div><span class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Persian Gulf</span></div></div></div></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Geography</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Qeshm_Island&params=26_41_43_N_55_37_06_E_scale:500000_source:GNS_type:isle"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°41′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">55°37′06″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.69528°N 55.61833°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.69528; 55.61833</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Area</th><td class="infobox-data">1,491 km<sup>2</sup> (576 sq mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">135 km (83.9 mi)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">40 km (25 mi)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Administration</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div><b><a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iran</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Iran" title="Provinces of Iran">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hormozgan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Hormozgan Province">Hormozgān</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Iran" title="Counties of Iran">County</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Qeshm_County" title="Qeshm County">Qeshm</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Bakhsh" title="Bakhsh">Bakhsh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Central_District_(Qeshm_County)" title="Central District (Qeshm County)">Central</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Largest settlement</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Qeshm,_Hormozgan" title="Qeshm, Hormozgan">Qeshm</a> (pop. 40,678)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Demographics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Population</th><td class="infobox-data">148,993 (2016)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Pop. density</th><td class="infobox-data">67.07/km<sup>2</sup> (173.71/sq mi)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Qeshm</b> (<a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Persian language</a>: قشم) is an arrow-shaped <a href="/wiki/List_of_islands_of_Iran" title="List of islands of Iran">Iranian island</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Strait_of_Hormuz" title="Strait of Hormuz">Strait of Hormuz</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> (<span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Qeshm_Island&params=26_50_N_56_0_E_"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">26°50′N</span> <span class="longitude">56°0′E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">26.833°N 56.000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">26.833; 56.000</span></span></span></a></span></span>), measuring roughly 1,500 square kilometres (576 square miles) in surface area. Separated from the <a href="/wiki/Iran" title="Iran">Iranian</a> mainland by the <a href="/wiki/Clarence_Strait_(Iran)" title="Clarence Strait (Iran)">Clarence Strait (Khuran)</a>, Qeshm is the largest island in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography">Geography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg/220px-Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="106" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg/330px-Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg/440px-Beach_Qeshm_Island.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1800" data-file-height="870" /></a><figcaption>Beach on Qeshm</figcaption></figure> <p>Qeshm Island is located a few kilometers off of the southern Iranian shoreline, in the Persian Gulf, opposite the port cities of <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Bandar Abbas</a> (بندرعباس) and <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Khamir" title="Bandar Khamir">Bandar Khamir</a> (بندر خمیر). The island, which hosts a 300-square-kilometre (116-square-mile) free zone jurisdiction, is 135 km long and lies strategically in the Strait of Hormuz, just 60 kilometres (37 miles) from the <a href="/wiki/Oman" title="Oman">Omani</a> port of <a href="/wiki/Khasab" title="Khasab">Khasab</a> and about 180 kilometres (112 miles) from the <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">UAE</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Mina_Rashid" title="Mina Rashid">Mina Rashid</a>. At its widest point, near its centre, the island spans 40 kilometres (25 miles); at its narrowest point, it measures approximately 9.4 kilometres (5.8 miles). The island has a <a href="/wiki/Surface_area" title="Surface area">surface area</a> of 1,491 square kilometres (576 square miles) and is almost twice the size of <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a>. The city of <a href="/wiki/Qeshm,_Hormozgan" title="Qeshm, Hormozgan">Qeshm</a>, located at the easternmost point of the island, is 22 kilometres (14 miles) from Bandar Abbas, while the closest point of the island is but two kilometres (1 mile) from the mainland. </p><p>The average temperature on the island is approximately 27 °C (81 °F). The warmest months are June through August, and the coldest from October to January. The average <a href="/wiki/Rainfall" class="mw-redirect" title="Rainfall">rainfall</a> is <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style>183.2 mm (<span class="frac">7<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">3</span>⁄<span class="den">16</span></span> in).<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The island, comprising 59 towns and villages, had a population of 117,774 at the time of the 2011 Census. The local population is engaged in fishing, <a href="/wiki/Dhow" title="Dhow">dhow</a> construction, trade and services. An additional 30,000 are administrative or industrial workers, or students.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Plans have also been made to build a <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf_Bridge" title="Persian Gulf Bridge">bridge</a> to connect Qeshm with mainland Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Qeshm Island has multiple attractions to attract more domestic and foreign tourists.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Namakdan_Salt_Cave">Namakdan Salt Cave</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Namakdan Salt Cave"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At 6.58 km long, Namakdan Salt Cave is the longest known <a href="/wiki/Salt_cave" title="Salt cave">salt cave</a> in the world. Both <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">salt</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sulphur" class="mw-redirect" title="Sulphur">sulphur</a> were mined here, traditionally ('namak' is a <a href="/wiki/Persian_language" title="Persian language">Farsi</a>, word for salt); it now forms the key <a href="/wiki/Geoheritage" title="Geoheritage">geosite</a> within the Qeshm Island <a href="/wiki/UNESCO_Global_Geoparks" title="UNESCO Global Geoparks">UNESCO Global Geopark</a>. The <a href="/wiki/Cave" title="Cave">cave</a> formed within a large <a href="/wiki/Salt_dome" title="Salt dome">salt diapir</a> (dome) from a succession of <a href="/wiki/Stratum" title="Stratum">strata</a> which dates from the late <a href="/wiki/Proterozoic" title="Proterozoic">Proterozoic</a>. It is also a candidate site for inscription on the list of <a href="/wiki/World_Heritage_Site" title="World Heritage Site">World Heritage Sites</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The locality was included within a list of the "First 100 IUGS Geological Heritage Sites" (published in October 2022) on account of its significance to human understanding of <a href="/wiki/Tectonics" title="Tectonics">tectonics</a> and active <a href="/wiki/Geology" title="Geology">geological processes</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle,_Qeshm_1390_(19).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg/220px-Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg/330px-Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg/440px-Tomb_stone_in_Portuguese_castle%2C_Qeshm_1390_%2819%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1536" data-file-height="2048" /></a><figcaption>Tombstone in Portuguese castle, Qeshm</figcaption></figure> <p>The earliest evidence of human presence at Qeshm dates back to the <a href="/wiki/Paleolithic" title="Paleolithic">Paleolithic Period</a>, from when stone tools have been found at Bam-e Qeshm.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historical records concerning Qeshm date far back into the pre-Islamic era. Names such as <i>Qeshm</i>, <i>Keshm</i> (کشم), <a href="/wiki/Kish_Island" title="Kish Island"><i>Kish</i></a> (کیش) and <a href="/wiki/Greater_and_Lesser_Tunbs" title="Greater and Lesser Tunbs"><i>Tunb</i></a> (تنب) mark the lengthy stay of <a href="/wiki/Elam" title="Elam">Ilamids</a> in the area, spanning several centuries BC. It is, apparently, the island called Alexandria or Aracia by <a href="/wiki/Ptolemy" title="Ptolemy">Ptolemy</a> (Book 6, Chap. IV), in the 2nd century <a href="/wiki/Common_Era" title="Common Era">CE</a> and Alexandria by <a href="/wiki/Ammianus_Marcellinus" title="Ammianus Marcellinus">Ammianus Marcellinus</a> (xxiii.6.42) in the 4th century. On account of its strategic geopolitical situation near the mouth of the Persian Gulf, it has been frequently attacked by invaders, including Ilamids (Elamites), <a href="/wiki/Umayyad_dynasty" title="Umayyad dynasty">Umayyads</a> and <a href="/wiki/Abbasid_dynasty" title="Abbasid dynasty">Abbasids</a>, as well as the <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a>, <a href="/wiki/England" title="England">English</a> and <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Dutch</a>. Under <a href="/wiki/Sasanian_Empire" title="Sasanian Empire">Sasanian</a> rule (between CE 224-651), the island was called <i>Abarkawan</i>, and was part of the <a href="/wiki/Ardashir-Khwarrah" title="Ardashir-Khwarrah">Ardashir-Khwarrah</a> administrative division.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to historical records, Qeshm Island has been famous as a trade and navigation center. Its economy flourished during the <a href="/wiki/Daylamites" title="Daylamites">Dailamite</a> and <a href="/wiki/Buyid_dynasty" title="Buyid dynasty">Buyid</a> eras, as trade vessels sailed past and stopped on Qeshm Island from places including <a href="/wiki/China" title="China">China</a>, <a href="/wiki/India" title="India">India</a> and <a href="/wiki/East_Africa" title="East Africa">Eastern Africa</a>. </p><p>Explorer <a href="/wiki/William_Baffin" title="William Baffin">William Baffin</a> was mortally wounded on Qeshm in 1622 during the <a href="/wiki/Anglo-Persian_capture_of_Qeshm" title="Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm">Anglo-Persian capture of Qeshm</a>. </p><p>Qeshm is also a supposed site of the <a href="/wiki/Garden_of_Eden" title="Garden of Eden">Garden of Eden</a>, according to <a href="/wiki/John_Cassell" title="John Cassell">Cassell</a>'s Bible.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For more information about the island's history through local lore, see <i>Speak the Wind</i> (Mack, 2021; photographs by <a href="/wiki/Hoda_Afshar" title="Hoda Afshar">Hoda Afshar</a>; essay by <a href="/wiki/Michael_Taussig" title="Michael Taussig">Michael Taussig</a><sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) This work documents the landscapes and people of the islands of <a href="/wiki/Hormuz_Island" title="Hormuz Island">Hormuz</a>, Qeshm, and <a href="/wiki/Hengam_Island" title="Hengam Island">Hengam</a>, in the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a> off the south coast of Iran.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Afshar got to know some of the people there, travelling there frequently over the years, and they told her about the history of the place. She said that "their narrations led the project", and she explores "the idea of being possessed by history, and in this context, the history of slavery and cruelty".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Iran_Air_Flight_655">Iran Air Flight 655</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Iran Air Flight 655"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655" title="Iran Air Flight 655">Iran Air Flight 655</a></div> <p>On 3 July 1988, a civilian <a href="/wiki/Iran_Air" title="Iran Air">Iran Air</a> <a href="/wiki/Airbus_A300" title="Airbus A300">Airbus A300</a> (<a href="/wiki/Iran_Air_Flight_655" title="Iran Air Flight 655">Iran Air Flight 655</a>) was shot down by a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Navy" title="United States Navy">United States Navy</a> <a href="/wiki/Guided_missile" class="mw-redirect" title="Guided missile">guided missile</a> <a href="/wiki/Cruiser" title="Cruiser">cruiser</a> <a href="/wiki/USS_Vincennes_(CG-49)" title="USS Vincennes (CG-49)">USS <i>Vincennes</i></a> just south of the island, killing all 290 people aboard.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The wreckage crashed 2.5 kilometers off Qeshm's southern coast. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Fishing" title="Fishing">Fishing</a> is a leading occupation practiced by the inhabitants of the island. On what little cultivated land there is, <a href="/wiki/Date_palm" title="Date palm">dates</a> and <a href="/wiki/Melon" title="Melon">melons</a> are grown. <a href="/wiki/Salt" title="Salt">Salt</a> is mined on the southeastern coast. Qeshm is famous for its wide range of <a href="/wiki/Ecotourism" title="Ecotourism">ecotourist</a> attractions such as the <a href="/wiki/Hara_forests" class="mw-redirect" title="Hara forests">Hara marine forests</a>. According to environmentalists, about 1.5% of the world birds and 25% of Iran's native birds annually migrate to the forests, which are the first national geo park in Iran. An <a href="/wiki/Early_modern" class="mw-redirect" title="Early modern">early modern</a>-era <a href="/wiki/Portugal" title="Portugal">Portuguese</a> fort, historic mosques, the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Seyyed_Mozaffar&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Seyyed Mozaffar (page does not exist)">Seyyed Mozaffar</a> and <a href="/w/index.php?title=Bibi_Maryam&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Bibi Maryam (page does not exist)">Bibi Maryam</a> shrines, and various ponds and <a href="/wiki/Mangrove" title="Mangrove">mangrove</a> forests are among the tourism attractions in the island, which lays across the azure waters of the <a href="/wiki/Persian_Gulf" title="Persian Gulf">Persian Gulf</a>. Several domes, salty caves, the preserved area in <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shibderaz&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shibderaz (page does not exist)">Shibderaz</a> Village where <a href="/wiki/Hawksbill_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hawksbill turtle">Hawksbill turtles</a> hatch, as well as numerous docks and wharfs are among the tourist potentials of the island. The <a href="/wiki/Nazz_Islands" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazz Islands">Nazz Islands</a> are located at the south wing of Qeshm Island. Oysters, corals, colorful fishes and sea birds in these islands attract many tourists. It is possible to walk toward the island on soft and wet gravel through a gravel connection way between these islands and Qeshm at the time of the <a href="/wiki/Tide" title="Tide">ebb</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Naaz Islands, sea bed at low tide"><img alt="Naaz Islands, sea bed at low tide" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg/120px-Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg/180px-Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg/240px-Naaz_Islands_1390.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Naaz Islands, sea bed at low tide</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Naaz_Islands_1390_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Sea bed at Naaz Islands"><img alt="Sea bed at Naaz Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg/120px-Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg/180px-Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg/240px-Naaz_Islands_1390_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Sea bed at Naaz Islands</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_(3).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Oysters in the holes of the Sea bed, Naaz Islands"><img alt="Oysters in the holes of the Sea bed, Naaz Islands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg/120px-Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg/180px-Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b8/Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg/240px-Sea_life_Naaz_Islands_%283%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2048" data-file-height="1536" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Oysters in the holes of the Sea bed, Naaz Islands</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hengam_Dolphins_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Dolphins in the strait between Qeshm and Hengam Island."><img alt="Dolphins in the strait between Qeshm and Hengam Island." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg/120px-Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg/180px-Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg/240px-Hengam_Dolphins_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Dolphin" title="Dolphin">Dolphins</a> in the strait between Qeshm and <a href="/wiki/Hengam_Island" title="Hengam Island">Hengam Island</a>.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qeshm_-_panoramio_(2).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Qeshm"><img alt="Qeshm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/80px-Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/120px-Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a4/Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg/160px-Qeshm_-_panoramio_%282%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="453" data-file-height="680" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Qeshm</div> </li> </ul> <p>In the 1st ten-year plan, in note 19, the law provided for the creation of <a href="/wiki/Free_trade_zone" class="mw-redirect" title="Free trade zone">free trade zones</a> and three locations were identified as such in the year 1991. They were <a href="/wiki/Kish_Island" title="Kish Island">Kish Island</a>, Qeshm Island and Chabahar. In the year 1369 in the Iranian <a href="/wiki/Solar_Hijri_calendar" title="Solar Hijri calendar">Solar Hijri calendar</a>, equivalent to 1991 in the Gregorian calendar, the island was transformed into a "Trade and Industrial Free Area" with the goal of creating the largest Free Area between Europe and the Far East.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To that end, Qeshm Island was granted considerable leeway to set its own policies, independent of the central government, which had often been seen as an impediment to growth in many sectors of the economy. However, the Island retains the advantages associated with its connection to the mainland, including the rights to explore and develop oil and gas opportunities.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (July 2024)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portuguese castle, Qeshm"><img alt="Portuguese castle, Qeshm" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/120px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="85" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/180px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg/240px-Qeshm_Portuguese_Castle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="917" data-file-height="647" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_castle,_Qeshm" class="mw-redirect" title="Portuguese castle, Qeshm">Portuguese castle, Qeshm</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:QeshmIsland.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Chahkouh Valley at Qeshm Island"><img alt="Chahkouh Valley at Qeshm Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QeshmIsland.jpg/120px-QeshmIsland.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QeshmIsland.jpg/180px-QeshmIsland.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/QeshmIsland.jpg/240px-QeshmIsland.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Chahkouh Valley at Qeshm Island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Starvalley.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Stars Valley at Qeshm Island"><img alt="Stars Valley at Qeshm Island" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Starvalley.jpg/120px-Starvalley.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Starvalley.jpg/180px-Starvalley.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9d/Starvalley.jpg/240px-Starvalley.jpg 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="450" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Stars Valley at Qeshm Island</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A tourist running on the island beach"><img alt="A tourist running on the island beach" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg/96px-%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg/144px-%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg/192px-%D8%B4%D9%82%D8%A7%DB%8C%D9%82_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AC%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%B1%D9%87_%D8%B2%DB%8C%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C_%D9%82%D8%B4%D9%85_%D8%AF%D8%B1_%D8%AD%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%AA%D9%85%D8%B1%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%AA_%D8%AA%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%85.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="1800" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A tourist running on the island beach</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chah_Kooh_Valley_(Qeshm)_003.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="ChahKouh valley in Qeshm is made of Marl Sandstone which has holes created by the flow of rain water"><img alt="ChahKouh valley in Qeshm is made of Marl Sandstone which has holes created by the flow of rain water" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg/90px-Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg/135px-Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e3/Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg/180px-Chah_Kooh_Valley_%28Qeshm%29_003.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3000" data-file-height="4000" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">ChahKouh valley in Qeshm is made of <a href="/wiki/Marl" title="Marl">Marl</a> <a href="/wiki/Sandstone" title="Sandstone">Sandstone</a> which has holes created by the flow of rain water</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Castle_Portuguese,_Qeshm_1390_(4).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portuguese castle exterior"><img alt="Portuguese castle exterior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg/120px-Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg/180px-Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg/240px-Castle_Portuguese%2C_Qeshm_1390_%284%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portuguese castle exterior</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:,_Qeshm_1390_(7).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Portuguese castle interior"><img alt="Portuguese castle interior" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg/120px-%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg/180px-%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ab/%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg/240px-%2C_Qeshm_1390_%287%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Portuguese castle interior</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; 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height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Shahid Zakeri Wharf"><img alt="Shahid Zakeri Wharf" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg/120px-Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="90" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg/180px-Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg/240px-Shahid_Zakari_Wharf.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Shahid Zakeri Wharf </div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Qeshm_Island_underground_military_facility">Qeshm Island underground military facility</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Qeshm Island underground military facility"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 20 January 2012, OSGEOINT<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="margin-left:0.1em; white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag may need clarification or removal of jargon. (August 2021)">clarification needed</span></a></i>]</sup> established the completion of an underground military facility at Qeshm island which accordingly could house Iran's <a href="/wiki/Nahang-class_submarine" title="Nahang-class submarine">Ghadir-Nahang class submarines</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy,_culture,_and_education"><span id="Economy.2C_culture.2C_and_education"></span>Economy, culture, and education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Economy, culture, and education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Qeshm_Institute_of_Higher_Education" title="Qeshm Institute of Higher Education">Qeshm Institute of Higher Education</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Islamic_Azad_University_of_Medical_Science_Qeshm_International_Branch&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Islamic Azad University of Medical Science Qeshm International Branch (page does not exist)">Islamic Azad University of Medical Science Qeshm International Branch</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Visas">Visas</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Visas"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Holders of normal passports travelling as tourists can enter Qeshm without a visa with maximum stay of 30 days (extendable), as of December 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Holders of normal passports travelling as tourists can enter Qeshm without a visa with maximum stay of 30 days (extendable), as of December 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Admission is refused to holders of passports or travel documents containing an <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> visa or stamp or any data showing that visitor has been to Israel or indication of any connection with the state of Israel during the last 12 months.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Qeshm_Island&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Qeshm_earthquake" title="2005 Qeshm earthquake">2005 Qeshm earthquake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ardashir-Khwarrah" title="Ardashir-Khwarrah">Ardashir-Khwarrah</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Lengeh" title="Bandar Lengeh">Bandar Lengeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hormozgan_Province" class="mw-redirect" title="Hormozgan Province">Hormozgan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeshm_Air" title="Qeshm Air">Qeshm Air</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Qeshm_International_Airport" title="Qeshm International Airport">Qeshm International Airport</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span 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<ul><li><a href="/wiki/Abu_Musa,_Iran" title="Abu Musa, Iran">Abu Musa</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas_County" title="Bandar Abbas County">Bandar Abbas County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Bandar Abbas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fin,_Iran" title="Fin, Iran">Fin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Lengeh_County" title="Bandar Lengeh County">Bandar Lengeh County</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Charak" title="Bandar Charak">Bandar Charak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bandar_Lengeh" title="Bandar Lengeh">Bandar Lengeh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kish,_Iran" 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<p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1415–1640</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ceuta" title="Ceuta">Ceuta</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1458–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ksar_es-Seghir" title="Ksar es-Seghir">Alcácer Ceguer <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Qsar es Seghir)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Asilah" title="Portuguese Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:85%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Tangier" title="Portuguese Tangier">Tangier</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1485–1550</td><td> <a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1487–16th century</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ouadane" title="Ouadane">Ouadane</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1488–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Safi,_Morocco" title="Safi, Morocco">Safim <span style="font-size:85%;">(Safi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1489</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Graciosa_fortress" title="Graciosa fortress">Graciosa</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1505–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Agadir" title="Agadir">Santa Cruz do Cabo de Gué <span style="font-size:85%;">(Agadir)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1525</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Essaouira" title="Essaouira">Mogador <span style="font-size:85%;">(Essaouira)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1525</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Souira_Guedima" title="Souira Guedima">Aguz <span style="font-size:85%;">(Souira Guedima)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1769</td><td> <a href="/wiki/El_Jadida" title="El Jadida">Mazagan <span style="font-size:85%;">(El Jadida)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1513–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Azemmour" title="Azemmour">Azamor <span style="font-size:85%;">(Azemmour)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1541</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mehdya,_Morocco" title="Mehdya, Morocco">São João da Mamora <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mehdya)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1577–1589</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Asilah" title="Asilah">Arzila <span style="font-size:85%;">(Asilah)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="7" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a 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colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="Sub-Saharan_Africa461" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Sub-Saharan Africa</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1455–1633</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Arguin" title="Arguin">Arguim</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1462–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Cape_Verde" title="Portuguese Cape Verde">Cape Verde</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1470–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_Island" title="São Tomé Island">São Tomé</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1471–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Príncipe">Príncipe</a><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1474–1778</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Annob%C3%B3n" title="Annobón">Annobón</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1478–1778</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bioko" title="Bioko">Fernando Poo <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bioko)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1482–1637</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Elmina" title="Elmina">Elmina <span style="font-size:85%;">(São Jorge da Mina)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1482–1642</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Gold_Coast" title="Portuguese Gold Coast">Portuguese Gold Coast</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1498–1540</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mascarene_Islands" title="Mascarene Islands">Mascarene Islands</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1630</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Malindi" title="Malindi">Malindi</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1501–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Mozambique" title="Portuguese Mozambique">Portuguese Mozambique</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1502–1659</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helena" title="Saint Helena">Saint Helena</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1503–1698</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Zanzibar" title="Zanzibar">Zanzibar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1505–1512</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kilwa_Kisiwani" title="Kilwa Kisiwani">Quíloa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kilwa)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1511</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Socotra" title="Socotra">Socotra</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1508–1547<sup><small>2</small></sup></td><td> <a href="/wiki/Madagascar" title="Madagascar">Madagascar</a><sup><small>3</small></sup></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1557–1578</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Accra" title="Accra">Accra</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1575–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Portuguese Angola</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1588–1974</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Cacheu" title="Cacheu">Cacheu</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1593–1698</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1645–1888</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ziguinchor" title="Ziguinchor">Ziguinchor</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1680–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Fort_of_S%C3%A3o_Jo%C3%A3o_Baptista_de_Ajud%C3%A1" title="Fort of São João Baptista de Ajudá">São João Baptista de Ajudá, Benin</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1687–1974</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Bissau" title="Bissau">Bissau</a><sup><small>4</small></sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>18th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1728–1729</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mombasa" title="Mombasa">Mombassa <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mombasa)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1753–1975</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1879–1974</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1885–1974</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Cabinda_Province" title="Cabinda Province">Portuguese Congo</a><sup><small>5</small></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="plainlist" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.75em 0.25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.2em;"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_S%C3%A3o_Tom%C3%A9_and_Pr%C3%ADncipe" title="Portuguese São Tomé and Príncipe">São Tomé and Príncipe</a> from 1753.</li><li><sup><small>2</small></sup> Or 1600.</li><li><sup><small>3</small></sup> A factory (<a href="/wiki/Anosy" title="Anosy">Anosy Region</a>) and small temporary coastal bases.</li><li><sup><small>4</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Guinea" title="Portuguese Guinea">Portuguese Guinea</a> from 1879.</li><li><sup><small>5</small></sup> Part of <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Angola" title="Portuguese Angola">Portuguese Angola</a> from the 1920s.</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="Middle_East_&#91;Persian_Gulf&#93;461" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Middle East [Persian Gulf]</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1506–1615</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bandar_Abbas" title="Bandar Abbas">Gamru <span style="font-size:85%;">(Bandar Abbas)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1507–1643</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Sohar" title="Sohar">Sohar</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1622</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ormus" title="Ormus">Hormuz <span style="font-size:85%;">(Ormus)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qurayyat,_Oman" title="Qurayyat, Oman">Quriyat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qalhat" title="Qalhat">Qalhat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1650</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Muscat" title="Muscat">Muscat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Barka,_Oman" title="Barka, Oman">Barka</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1633?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ras_Al_Khaimah" title="Ras Al Khaimah">Julfar (Ras al-Khaimah)</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521–1602</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Bahrain" title="Bahrain">Bahrain</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/Muharraq" title="Muharraq">Muharraq</a> • <a href="/wiki/Manama" title="Manama">Manama</a>)</span></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521–1529?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1521?–1551?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Tarout_Island" title="Tarout Island">Tarut Island</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1550–1551</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Qatif" title="Qatif">Qatif</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1588–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Muttrah" title="Muttrah">Matrah</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1620–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Khor_Fakkan" title="Khor Fakkan">Khor Fakkan</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Seeb" title="Seeb">As Sib</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621–1622</td><td> <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Qeshm</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1623–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Khasab" title="Khasab">Khasab</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1623–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Al_Badiyah" title="Al Badiyah">Libedia</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kalba" title="Kalba">Kalba</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Madha" title="Madha">Madha</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624–1648</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Dibba_Al-Hisn" title="Dibba Al-Hisn">Dibba Al-Hisn</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1624?–?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kong,_Iran" title="Kong, Iran">Bandar-e Kong</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="South_Asia461" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">South Asia</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1498–1545</td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Lakshadweep" title="Lakshadweep">Laccadive Islands<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Lakshadweep)</span></a></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_India" title="Portuguese India">Portuguese India</a> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1500–1663</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kochi" title="Kochi">Cochim <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kochi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1501–1663</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kannur" title="Kannur">Cannanore <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kannur)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> • 1502–1658<br /><span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1659–1661</div></td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kollam" title="Kollam">Quilon<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Coulão / Kollam)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1502–1661</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Pallippuram,_Ernakulam" title="Pallippuram, Ernakulam">Pallipuram <span style="font-size:85%;">(Cochin de Cima)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1507–1657</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Negapatam" title="Portuguese Negapatam">Negapatam <span style="font-size:85%;">(Nagapatnam)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1510–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Goa" title="Goa">Goa</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"> • 1512–1525<br /><span style="padding-left:0.65em;"> </span>1750</div></td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Kozhikode" title="Kozhikode">Calicut<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Kozhikode)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1518–1619</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Pulicat" title="Pulicat">Portuguese Paliacate outpost <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pulicat)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1521–1740</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  </td><td> (Portuguese India)</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1523–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1528–1666</td><td> <div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; line-height:1.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_settlement_in_Chittagong" title="Portuguese settlement in Chittagong">Chittagong<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Porto Grande De Bengala)</span></a></div></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1531–1571</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaul" title="Chaul">Chaul</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1531–1571</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Chaliyam" title="Chaliyam">Chalé</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1534–1601</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Salsette_Island" title="Salsette Island">Salsette Island</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1534–1661</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mumbai" title="Mumbai">Bombay <span style="font-size:85%;">(Mumbai)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1535</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ponnani" title="Ponnani">Ponnani</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1535–1739</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Vasai-Virar" title="Vasai-Virar">Baçaím <span style="font-size:85%;">(Vasai-Virar)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1536–1662</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kodungallur" title="Kodungallur">Cranganore <span style="font-size:85%;">(Kodungallur)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1540–1612</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Surat" title="Surat">Surat</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1548–1658</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Thoothukudi" title="Thoothukudi">Tuticorin <span style="font-size:85%;">(Thoothukudi)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1559–1961</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Daman_and_Diu" title="Daman and Diu">Daman and Diu</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1568–1659</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mangalore" title="Mangalore">Mangalore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td 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title="Maldives">Maldives</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese India </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1687–1749</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Mylapore" title="Mylapore">Mylapore</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>18th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese India </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1779–1954</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Dadra_and_Nagar_Haveli" class="mw-redirect" title="Dadra and Nagar Haveli">Dadra and Nagar Haveli</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="East_Asia_and_Oceania461" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">East Asia and Oceania</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1511–1641</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Malacca" title="Portuguese Malacca">Portuguese Malacca</a> [Malaysia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1512–1621</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Maluku_Islands" title="Maluku Islands">Maluku</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1522–1575</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ternate" title="Ternate">Ternate</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1576–1605</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Ambon_Island" title="Ambon Island">Ambon</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1578–1650</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Tidore" title="Tidore">Tidore</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1512–1665</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Makassar" title="Makassar">Makassar</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1515–1859</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_Larantuka" title="Kingdom of Larantuka">Larantuka</a> [Indonesia]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1557–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Macau</a> [China]</td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1580–1586</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Nagasaki" title="Portuguese Nagasaki">Nagasaki</a> [Japan]</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1642–1975</td><td> <span style="position:relative; bottom:0.1em;"><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Timor" title="Portuguese Timor">Portuguese Timor</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(<a href="/wiki/East_Timor" class="mw-redirect" title="East Timor">East Timor</a>)</span><sup><small>1</small></sup></span></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-3"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>19th century</b></span> <br /><a href="/wiki/Portuguese_Macau" title="Portuguese Macau">Portuguese Macau</a> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1864–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Coloane" title="Coloane">Coloane</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1851–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Taipa" title="Taipa">Taipa</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1890–1999</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Ilha_Verde" title="Ilha Verde">Ilha Verde</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>20th century</b></span> <br />Portuguese Macau </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1938–1941</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Hengqin" title="Hengqin">Lapa and Montanha <span style="font-size:85%;">(Hengqin)</span></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="plainlist" style="padding:0.5em 0 0.75em 0.25em;font-size:90%;line-height:1.2em;"><ul><li><sup><small>1</small></sup> 1975 is the year of East Timor's Declaration of Independence and subsequent <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_invasion_of_East_Timor" title="Indonesian invasion of East Timor">invasion by Indonesia</a>. In 2002, East Timor's independence was fully recognized.</li></ul></div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background:transparent;text-align:left;"><div id="North_America_and_North_Atlantic461" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">North America and North Atlantic</div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-top:1px solid #aaa;padding-left:1.0em;text-align:left;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>15th century</b> [Atlantic islands]</span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1420</td><td> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Madeira" title="Madeira">Madeira</a></b></i></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1432</td><td> <i><b><a href="/wiki/Azores" title="Azores">Azores</a></b></i></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>16th century</b> [Canada]</span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Newfoundland_(island)" title="Newfoundland (island)">Terra Nova <span style="font-size:85%;">(Newfoundland)</span></a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1500–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Labrador" title="Labrador">Labrador</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1516–1579?</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Nova_Scotia" title="Nova Scotia">Nova Scotia</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p>  </p> 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1578–1607</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/Governorate_General_of_Brazil" title="Governorate General of Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td>  • 1621–1815</td><td> <span style="padding-left:0.5em;"> </span><a href="/wiki/State_of_Brazil" title="State of Brazil">Brazil</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1536–1620</td><td> <a href="/wiki/History_of_Barbados" title="History of Barbados">Barbados</a></td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break"> <p><span style="font-size:120%"><b>17th century</b></span> </p> <table style="line-height: 1.5em; border-spacing:0;"><tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1621–1751</td><td> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Maranh%C3%A3o_(colonial)" title="State of Maranhão (colonial)">Maranhão</a></td></tr><tr style="vertical-align:top"><td> 1680–1777</td><td> <a href="/wiki/Colonia_del_Sacramento" title="Colonia del Sacramento">Nova Colónia do Sacramento</a></td></tr></tbody></table> 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