CHABAHAR
PORT – GEOGRAPHY
News:
At Bishkek meet, India highlights
‘legitimate security and economic interests’ in Afghanistan
What's
in the news?
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Recently, India has urged countries of the
Central Asian regions to use the port of Chabahar located on the southeast
coast of Iran to enhance connectivity and trade with India and other countries
in the world.
Chabahar
Port:
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Chabahar Port is a seaport in Chabahar
located in southeastern Iran, on the Gulf
of Oman.
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It serves as Iran's only oceanic port, and consists of two separate ports named Shahid Kalantari and Shahid Beheshti.
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It is only about 170 kilometers west of
the Pakistani port of Gwadar.
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The port of Chabahar is located on the
Makran coast of Sistan and Baluchistan Province, next to the Gulf of Oman and
at the mouth of the Strait of Hormuz.