Abstract
Iran is a country that benefits from nice nature, diverse continent, areas full of unique geological phenomena. Thus, it is necessary to study these attractions for better recognition of them. In this regard, Hormoz Island with valuable geoheritage, biodiversity, cultural, historical and political diversity is very important. The accumulation of these attractions and its being located in Persian Gulf strategic area made it of considerable significance in national and international communities. Hormoz Island is a spherical salt dome which is located in Hormoz strait. This Island is composed of evaporites, igneous rocks and sedimentary rocks, and sediments mainly belong to Mishan and Aghajari formations and salt, gypsum and, to a lesser extent, limestone evaporites. In sedimentary formations of Hormoz, Aouthigenic minerals such as Pyrite, Dolomite, quartz, Anhydrite, gypsum and halite are frequently seen. Mineralization of volcanic leads to formation of high temperature minerals, such as oligiste, pyroxene, amphibole and low temperature and hydrothermal minerals such as Pyrite, quartz... in the tracks of igneous rocks. This unique geodiversity in rocks and mineral which made various colors in Hormoz Island made it a mineraogical reservoir. Beside considerable mineralogical attractions, there are other potentials like ochre mine, coral reefs, rock seashore, sea caves, salt caves, plant cover and wild life which have added to various tourism capabilities of this Island and made it a unique place in the world. This paper studies Hormoz Island in terms of geological features and geotourism potentials.
Highlights
In recent years, tourism industry has become one of the main poles of development from various respects, especially economic source
Iran has a nice nature, diverse continent and areas full of unique geological phenomenon so that it seems necessary to investigate these attractions for their better cognition and geotourism development (Yazdi, 2012) [4]
Geotourism has a certain definition with geological tourism at its centre (Newsome & Dowling, 2006) [5] and deals with the investigation of related forms and consequences to earth, geomorphologic and geological phenomena
Summary
Tourism industry has become one of the main poles of development from various respects, especially economic source. Iran has a nice nature, diverse continent and areas full of unique geological phenomenon so that it seems necessary to investigate these attractions for their better cognition and geotourism development (Yazdi, 2012) [4]. Iran is one of the few countries of the world with beautiful natural and geological phenomenon due to its unique and excellent geographical condition In this regard, Hormoz Island has become geological paradise due to certain geological condition and unique diversity of minerals and rocks and attracted many geotourists. Its long diameter is maximumly 9 km, its short diameter is almost 5.5 km, and it covers an area about 41 km (Figure 1) This Island is an adult salt dome and its morphological, mineralogical and lithological diversity is significant. This area benefits from historical attractions like Portuguese castle and natural attractions such as alga seashore, wildlife, etc. which will be investigated in this paper
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