Naaz islands
two tidal islands in the Persian gulf, on the shore of Qeshm island
The Naaz Islands (also spelt Naz Islands, Persian: جزایر ناز) are two tidal islands in the Persian Gulf, on the shore of Qeshm Island.
At low tide, the intertidal zone of Qeshm connects the islands to the shore and at high tide the littoral zone is submerged and two hills become islands. Naaz islands are a tourist attractions of Qeshm Island and the south of Iran.
This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Naaz islands” as two tidal islands in the Persian gulf, on the shore of Qeshm island. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.
Why this record matters
The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as two tidal islands in the Persian gulf, on the shore of Qeshm island. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Maps, plans, fabric surveys and administrative records can establish how the site’s name, extent and function changed over time. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 5, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q5681971. Authority coordinates are 26.800, 56.100. None of the 1 selected statements returned an explicit reference.
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Questions for further research
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This entry incorporates text from “Naaz islands” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.