List of islands of Pakistan
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This is a list of islands of Pakistan
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Islands off the Balochistan
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Islands off the Sindh
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Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
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Islands off the Balochistan
Balochistan (Pakistan)
Balochistan is one of the four provinces or federating units of Pakistan. With an area of 134,051 mi2 or , it is the largest province of Pakistan, constituting approximately 44% of the total land mass of Pakistan. According to the 1998 population census, Balochistan had a population of...
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- Astola Island (also known as Haft Talar) - Pakistan's largest island
- Malan IslandMalan IslandMalan Island is actually an offshore mud volcano located in the Arabian Sea, 3 kilometres off the coast of Balochistan, Pakistan. It rose out of the water overnight in March 1999 and subsided within a year. It reappeared in 2010.-External links:*...
- offshore volcanic mud island that appears, disappears and reappears
Islands off the Sindh
Sindh
Sindh historically referred to as Ba'ab-ul-Islam , is one of the four provinces of Pakistan and historically is home to the Sindhi people. It is also locally known as the "Mehran". Though Muslims form the largest religious group in Sindh, a good number of Christians, Zoroastrians and Hindus can...
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- Baba Bhit IslandBhit Shah IslandBaba Bhit Island is the smallest neighbourhood of Kiamari Town in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It comprises three small fishing islands which in the centre of the harbour of Karachi. The approximated area of these islands is 4 km² and the population is about 12000...
- Buddo IslandBuddo IslandBuddo Island is a small island located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Buddo Island is also known as Dingi by local fishermen. Buddo and Bundal Islands serve as a temporary port for local fishermen. They clean their nets and dry fish on these islands...
- Bundal IslandBundal IslandBundal Island is a small island located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. Bundal, pronounced Bhandar by local fishermen, is a twin island of Buddo and lies to its West. On Bundal Island the tomb of Muslim sufi Yusuf Shah is located. The annual urs of 'Yusuf Shah'...
- Makistani Island
- Churma IslandChurma IslandCharna Island ' is a small island located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan. It is situated 3.855 nautical miles northwest of a fishing settlement Mubarak Village....
(also known as Charna) - Pakistan's second-largest island - Clifton Oyster RocksClifton Oyster RocksThe Clifton Oyster Rocks are a series of islets located off the coast of the Clifton neighbourhood of Karachi, Pakistan. The islands were under the control of the Pakistani Navy until 2006, when the Karachi city government decided to include the island as part of its plans to renovate the city. As...
- small islets - Khiprianwala IslandKhiprianwala IslandKhiprianwala Island is a small island located in the Arabian Sea off the coast of Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan.-References:*...
- ManoraManoraManora may refer to:* Manora, Karachi, a peninsula near Karachi, Pakistan* Manora Fort, Thanjavur, India* Manora, Washim, a taulka in Washim district of Maharashtra, India...
(also known as Manoro) - Salahabad Island
- Shams PirShams PirShams Pir is an island located within the Karachi Fish Harbour, close to Sandspit Beach and Mauripur.-See also:* List of islands of Pakistan...