Iran's National Persian Gulf Day was celebrated on Friday April 30, 2010 on the
island of Hormoz with participation of the local residents.
Hormoz Island is an
Iranian island in the Persian Gulf. It is located in the Straits of Hormoz
and is part of the Hormozgan Province. It has an area of 42 km square.
Hormoz Island was once land of the Portuguese Empire. The island was conquered
by the Portuguese explorer Afonso de Albuquerque in the Capture of Ormuz (1507).
There is a historic Portuguese fortress on Hormoz Island, the Fort of Our
Lady of the Conception. The island was then captured by a combined Anglo-Persian
force in 1622 in the Capture of Ormuz (1622).
