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The strait of Hormuz may have been named after the mother of King Shapur II, King of Persia, who ruled between 309 and 379 CE. Her name was Ifera Hurmiz. The opening to the Persian Gulf was described, but not given a name, in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, a 1st-century mariner's guide: At the upper end of these Calaei islands is a range ...
2011–2012 Strait of Hormuz dispute. The 2011–12 Strait of Hormuz dispute was a dispute between a coalition of countries and Iran. The dispute arose on 27 December 2011, when Iranian Vice President Mohammad-Reza Rahimi threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz. [3]
42 km 2 (16.2 sq mi) Elevation. 186 m (610 ft) Time zone. UTC+3:30 (IRST) Historical map of the Strait of Hormuz showing the island spelled as Ormuz, top right. Hormuz Island (/ hɔːrˈmuːz /; Persian: جزیره هرمز, romanized: Jazireh-ye Hormoz), also spelled Hormoz, Ormoz, Ormuz or Ormus, is an Iranian island in the Persian Gulf.
The European Maritime Awareness in the Strait of Hormuz (EMASoH) is a French-led maritime monitoring mission with the goal to protect maritime flows through the Strait of Hormuz. It is headquartered at the French naval base in Abu Dhabi and comprises a diplomacy track (EMASoH) and a military track (AGENOR). [1]
www.imscsentinel.com. The International Maritime Security Construct (IMSC) is a consortium of countries whose official stated aim is the maintenance of order and security in the Persian Gulf, Strait of Hormuz, Gulf of Oman, Gulf of Aden, Bab-el-Mandeb, and Southern Red Sea, particularly regarding maritime security of global oil supply routes. [1]
On 6 January 2008, five Iranian patrol boats crewed by the Revolutionary Guard approached three United States Navy warships in the Strait of Hormuz: the cruiser USS Port Royal, the destroyer USS Hopper and the frigate USS Ingraham. In a compilation of video and audio released by the Pentagon of the most provocative moments of the encounter, the ...
On 13 June 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while they transited the Gulf of Oman.The Kokuka Courageous, flagged in Panama and operated by a company based in Japan, and Front Altair, flagged in Marshall Islands and operated by a company based in Norway, were attacked, allegedly with limpet mines or flying objects, sustaining fire damage.
Ormus. The Kingdom of Ormus (also known as Hormoz or Hormuz; Persian: هرمز; Portuguese: Ormuz) was located in the eastern side of the Persian Gulf and extended as far as Bahrain in the west at its zenith. [citation needed] The Kingdom was established in the 11th century initially as a dependency of the Kerman Seljuk Sultanate, and later as ...