Signal verified · updated 2026-09-03
Qeshm Island
Iran's largest island in the Strait of Hormuz, a UNESCO Global Geopark famed for the Valley of Stars, salt caves and mangrove forests.
- Formation
- folded sedimentary rock; salt diapirs, caves and badlands erosion landforms
- Population
- 117,774
- Water
- Persian Gulf
- Access
- moderate
Every required movement
The passage
to Qeshm Island.
Fly to Qeshm International Airport (GSM) or take passenger/car ferries from Bandar Abbas (Shahid Bahonar and Shahid Zakeri ports).
- 01Qeshm International Airport (GSM)
Nearest recorded air access
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 02Water crossing
Bandar Abbas-Shahid Zakeri passenger ferries; car ferry from Bandar-e Pol; dhow trips to Hengam Island.
Schedule or condition may change · verify - 03Entry check
Iran visa required for most visitors; Qeshm free-zone entry rules can ease access - check current rules.
Schedule or condition may change · verify
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What the chart cannot hold
What becomes visible when you follow valley of stars beyond the familiar map?
Arrow-shaped Qeshm runs ~135 km parallel to the Iranian coast, separated by the Clarence Strait. A free trade-industrial zone with fishing and dhow-building traditions, it is Iran's premier geotourism destination within the Qeshm Island UNESCO Global Geopark.
Settled since Elamite times; Portuguese held nearby Hormuz (1507-1622); Safavid Persia retook the strait; long a fishing and trading island, declared a free zone in the 1990s.
Field ledger
The useful
details.
- Coordinates
- 26.77° N · 55.77° E
- Sovereignty
- Iran · part of country
- Nearest mainland
- Iranian mainland at Bandar Abbas across the Clarence Strait
- Best recorded window
- October-April (cooler, dry).
- Permits / entry
- Iran visa required for most visitors; Qeshm free-zone entry rules can ease access - check current rules.
- Languages
- Persian, Qeshmi Arabic dialect, Bandari
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The empty ledger is part of the mystery—and an invitation to be useful.Travel information changes quickly. This field file was last revised 2026-09-03. Confirm all transport and permit details before booking.