Shidvar Island
26°47′28″N 53°24′40″E / 26.79111°N 53.41111°E / 26.79111; 53.41111Administration Province Hormozgan Demographics Population 0 Official name Sheedvar Island Designated 29 December 1999 Reference no. 1015[1] Capital ![](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Hormozgan_in_Iran.svg/150px-Hormozgan_in_Iran.svg.png)
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Ramsar Wetland
Shidvar Island (Persian: جزیرهٔ شیدوَر) is an uninhabited island in the Persian Gulf east of the larger inhabited island of Lavan. The whole island is part of a natural reserve called the Shidvar Wildlife Refuge. Administratively, the island forms part of the Lavan Rural District in Kish District, Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, Iran.
The name shetor or shotor in Persian means camel. Shidvar island was designated a Ramsar site in 1999.[2]
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Hormozgan Province, Iran
- Bandar Abbas
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Bashagard County | |
Bastak County | |
Hajjiabad County | |
Jask County | |
Khamir County | |
Minab County | |
Parsian County | |
Qeshm County | |
Rudan County |
- Boz Dam
- Caravanserai of Bastak
- Castle of Aamaj
- Castle of Siba
- Dariush Grand Hotel
- Dasak Mountain
- Fort of Our Lady of the Conception
- Geno Biosphere Reserve
- Hara forests of Qeshm
- Harireh
- Hindu Temple, Bandar Abbas
- The Historic Bath of Siba
- Khe Aab Mountain
- Kish Island
- Lashtan Castle, Bandar Lengeh
- Mehran River
- Nakh Mountain
- Paraw Kukherd
- Portuguese Castle, Qeshm Island
- Takhti Stadium
- Terenah
- Zeer Mountain
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