GEOTOURISM ATTRACTIONS OF HORMUZ ISLAND, IRAN

Geo Journal of Tourism and Geosites

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Mohsen RANJBARAN¹  Syed Mohammad ZAMANZADEH²  Farzad SOTOHIAN³ 

[1] School of Geology, College of Science, University of Tehran;Department of Geography, University of Tehran;Faculty of Natural Resources, Department: Environmental Science Department, University of Guilan

关键词: Geotourism;    Hormuz Island;    the Persian Gulf;    geosite salt dome;    cultural tourism;   

DOI  :  10.30892/gtg.28118-465

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Editura Universitatii din Oradea / University of Oradea Publishing House

【 摘 要 】

Hormuz Island is a salt dome situated in the Persian Gulf waters near the mouth of Hormuz Strait in Hormuzgan province, at 8 kilometers distance from Bandar Abbas. The island is elliptical, and its rock is mostly of the igneous and often volcanic type. Hormuz is one of the most beautiful Islands of the Persian Gulf due to its geological phenomena and related landforms. This island is a mature salt diapir with great mineralogical and lithological diversity. In this research, we focused on fieldwork, which included data gathering and taking photographs and also a review of the published papers and books. The main geotourism attractions of the island include various landforms resulted from differential erosion, as well as very attractive geomorphologic structures such as rocky and sandy beaches, sea caves, colorful salt domes, coral reefs, etc. Besides the geological and geomorphological sites of the region, the ancient and cultural features are also potential attractions for tourism development on the island. Given its natural assests, territorial planning and developed infrastructure, Hormuz Island could be proposed and exploited as a geopark.

【 授权许可】

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