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The '''Greater and Lesser Tunbs''' ({{PerB| تنب بزرگ و تنب کوچک }}, ]:''Tunb-e Buzurg & Tunb-e Kuchak''", ''tunb'' is ] for "hilly place") are two ]ian islands on the eastern side of the ]. Together with the ] island, they are administered as part of the Iranian province ]. One of unique characteristics of the Greater Tunb is that its soil is red. The '''Greater and Lesser Tunbs''' ({{PerB| تنب بزرگ و تنب کوچک }}, ''Tunb-e Buzurg'' and ''Tunb-e Kuchak''; {{ArB|طنب الكبرى وطنب الصغرى}}, ''Tunb al-kubra'' and ''Tunb al-sughra'') are two small islands in the eastern ], close to the ]. They lie at {{coor dm|26|15|N|55|18|E}} and {{coor dm|26|14|N|55|08|E}} respectively, at a distance of some twelve kilometers from each other and some twenty kilometers south of the Iranian island of ].


The sovereignty over the islands, together with that over the neighbouring island of ] is an object of a territorial dispute between the ] and ]. They have been factually under Iranian control since 1971 and are administered as part of the Iranian province of ].
==Geography==
The size of the Greater Tunb is 10.3 ], and the Lesser Tunb is 2 ].


The name of the islands comes from ] ''tunb'' 'hilly place'. In ], ''tunb'' means 'tent rope'.
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Greater Tunb has a surface of 10.3 km² and approximately 450 inhabitants. Lesser Tunb has a surface of 2 km² and is uninhabited. There is a red soil mine active on the Greater Tunb Island.


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Revision as of 21:10, 28 September 2006

The Greater and Lesser Tunbs, and Abu Musa

The Greater and Lesser Tunbs (Template:PerB, Tunb-e Buzurg and Tunb-e Kuchak; Template:ArB, Tunb al-kubra and Tunb al-sughra) are two small islands in the eastern Persian Gulf, close to the Strait of Hormuz. They lie at 26°15′N 55°18′E / 26.250°N 55.300°E / 26.250; 55.300 and 26°14′N 55°08′E / 26.233°N 55.133°E / 26.233; 55.133 respectively, at a distance of some twelve kilometers from each other and some twenty kilometers south of the Iranian island of Jazireh-ye Qeshm.

The sovereignty over the islands, together with that over the neighbouring island of Abu Musa is an object of a territorial dispute between the United Arab Emirates and Iran. They have been factually under Iranian control since 1971 and are administered as part of the Iranian province of Hormozgan.

The name of the islands comes from Persian tunb 'hilly place'. In Arabic, tunb means 'tent rope'.

Greater Tunb has a surface of 10.3 km² and approximately 450 inhabitants. Lesser Tunb has a surface of 2 km² and is uninhabited. There is a red soil mine active on the Greater Tunb Island.

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