Back قشم (جزيرة) Arabic قشم ARZ Qeşm adası Azerbaijani Кешм (востраў) Byelorussian Кешм BE-X-OLD Кешм Bulgarian গেশম দ্বীপ Bengali/Bangla Qeshm Catalan Qeshm Island CEB Kešm Czech
Native name: قشم | |
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 Qeshm from space, August 2000 | |
 Map of Qeshm Island and surroundings, in French | |
  Qeshm Location of Qeshm Island in Iran  Qeshm Location of Queshm Island in the Persian Gulf | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Strait of Hormuz |
| Coordinates | 26°41′43″N 55°37′06″E / 26.69528°N 55.61833°E |
| Area | 1,491 km2 (576 sq mi) |
| Length | 135 km (83.9 mi) |
| Width | 40 km (25 mi) |
| Administration | |
| Province | Hormozgān |
| County | Qeshm |
| Bakhsh | Central |
| Largest settlement | Qeshm (pop. 40,678) |
| Demographics | |
| Population | 148,993 (2016) |
| Pop. density | 67.07/km2 (173.71/sq mi) |
Qeshm (Persian language: قشم) is an arrow-shaped Iranian island in the Strait of Hormuz of the Persian Gulf (26°50′N 56°0′E / 26.833°N 56.000°E), measuring roughly 1,500 square kilometres (576 square miles) in surface area. Separated from the Iranian mainland by the Clarence Strait (Khuran), Qeshm is the largest island in the Persian Gulf. The island is part of Qeshm County, Hormozgan province, Iran.