News Headline
Persian Gulf National Day: Let’s protect precious marine environment
Source
Phys.org
Publication Date
2021-04-28
The day marks the anniversary of forcing out the Portuguese navy of the Strait of Hormuz in the Capture of Ormuz (1622). The Persian Gulf has an area of about 241,000 square kilometers. Its length is some 990 km, and its width varies from a maximum of about 340 km to a minimum of 55 km in the Strait of Hormuz.