The island is tiny—a little less than eight square miles—and has a population of about 20,000 people, most of them oil workers. It’s also the point of departure for approximately 90 percent of Iran’s oil exports. The United States struck military targets on Kharg on March 13 and is now reportedly considering invading it.

Kharg Island is a small, heavily fortified, and strategically valuable island off Iran's northern coast.

The islands off Iran have become the latest focus of the war after a U.S strike destroyed military sites last week on Kharg Island.

Kharg Island lies about 15 miles off the coast of Iran in the Persian Gulf and is critical to the nation’s economy. Iran’s energy industry depends on the landmass. It’s where about 90% of Iran’s crude oil exports are processed and millions of barrels of oil are also stored. Pipelines from some of Iran’s biggest oil fields connect to Kharg.

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