MILNET Brief:
Iranian Naval Bases, 06/09/2008


The following table lists the known Iranian Naval Bases and includes uses, GPS information, a link to Google Earth, as well as a static photo taken from the Google Earth Satellite libraray on June 9, 2008.  Visitors to this page should note that finding any military base in Iran is difficult to say the least.  We estimate these locations and use of longitude and latitude implies an accuracy we do not actually have for most of the bases listed here.  In fact, some are guesses based upon general locations where ships MIGHT be military ships and therefore imply our chose of geography is correct. We could be WELL away (as in the totally wrong area) from the actual location.  We are endeavoring to find confirmation of each of these sites...information the actual bases is not at all inaccurate, only the actual real world physical location is in question.  Having said that, most of the island's don't offer much in the way of error...for instance, most of the satellite photos are only a few years old, thus maritime facilities are not likely to have changed much in that time (3-5 years to fully create an operational facility for a naval base is perhaps the best guess).  GlobalSecurity.com has also stated that the Iranians moved their naval headquarters and major facilities  in 1977, "n 1977 the bulk of the fleet was shifted from Khorramshahr to the newly completed base at Bandar-e Abbas, the new naval headquarters." 1

Iranian Air Bases
Photo
 Base
 Ships Visible
 Location
 GE Image Link

Abamusa Island (Abu Musa) 1,2 1 PV
    25°52'23.42"N 55° 0'34.34"E Abamusa Island

Al-Farsiyah 1

Al-Farsiyah

Bandar Abbas Naval Base 1,2,4 3C, 4PV,3S, 3LS
 27° 8'36.19"N 56°12'41.29"E Bandar Abbas

Bandar-e Anzali 1,2,4
(Bandar-e Pahlavi) 		3PV 37°28'5.80"N 49°27'48.60"E Bandar-e Anzali
Bandar Beheshti 1,2,4
(Chabahar, Chah Bahar)		 5PV
 25°18'46.29"N 60°37'26.03"E Chabahar

Bandar-e Khomeini 1,2,4
(Imam Khomeini, or
Bandar-e Shahpur)
 -
 30°25'31.73"N 49° 5'26.56"E Bandar-e Khomeini

Bandar-e Mahshahr 4 7PV
 30°29'37.82"N 49°12'21.42"E Bandar-e Mahshahr

Bushehr 1,2,4 3C, 9PV
 28°58'15.19"N 50°51'40.82"E Bushehr

Direstan/Qushm Island
 3C, 5PV
 26°43'8.99"N 55°58'20.93"E Direstan/Qushm Island

Halul (Oil Platform) 2 -
 25°45'5.19"N 52°49'45.47"E Halul

Khark Island 1,2,4
(Kharg Island)
 7PV
   29°14'47.62"N 50°19'43.51"E Khark Island

Khorramshahr 1,2 -
   30°20'14.83"N 48°16'23.17"E Khorramshahr

Larak 2 -
 26°53'6.23"N 56°23'28.12"E Larak

Noshahr 1,2 -
 36°39'36.30"N 51°29'56.81"E Noshahr

Shahid Rajaie 1,2 -
 27° 3'32.70"N 55°58'47.11"E Shahid Rajaie

Sirri Island 2 -
 25°53'54.98"N 54°33'5.10"E Sirri Island

Note:  The names of the Iranian Naval comes from an article on GlobalSecurity.org and Wikipedia, and the locations are the military sections found on a typical "shared" airstrip found on Google Earth.  You may need to download the Google Earth viewer in order to look at the Google Earth satellite link...a screenshot link is included for those without high speed Internet Access.


Legend for Primary Type Visible column
H
 =
 Helicopter Landing Ship
F
 =
 Frigate
D
 =
 Destroyer
C
 =
 Corvette (1000-1200 tons)
AC
 =
 Aircraft Carrier
PV
 =
 Coastal Patrol Vessel (Light Patrol Frigate appr. 1300-1600 tons)
LS
 =
 Landing Ship (supports 1-2 helicopters, appr. 2000-3000 tons)
MB
 =
 Missile Boat (200-300 tons)
S
 =
 Diesel powered attack submarine (Typically Kilo Class built and sold by the Soviet Union)
TB
 =
 Torpedo Boats (20-30 tons)
 

Sources:
  1. Iranian Naval Bases, GlobalSecurity.com
  2. Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, Wikipedia
  3. Ports of the World, United Nations UNCEP (note the search by country appears broken, use keyword search instead)
  4. The Gulf Military Forces in an Era of Asymmetric War (PDF KB), Anthony H. Cordesman, Khalid R. Al-Rodhan, Center For Strateigc and International Studies, 6/27/2006 (MILNET Mirror)


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