The Sultanate of Oman occupies the south-eastern tip of the Arabian Peninsula and lies between latitudes 16° 40′ and 26° 20′ north, and longitudes 51° 50′ and 59° 40′ east.
The total area is approximately 309,500 km2 and it is the third largest country in the Arabian Peninsula.
Oman’s coastline extends 3,165 km from the Strait of Hormuz in the north, to the borders of the Republic of Yemen in the south and shares its coast with three seas: the Arabian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman and the Arabian Sea. It also comprises a number of islands off the coast, among them the islands of Masirah, Halanyat and Salama.
The Sultanate borders the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the west, the United Arab Emirates in the northeast, the Republic of Yemen in the southwest, the Strait of Hormuz in the north and the Arabian Sea in the east. The Musandam Peninsula forms the country’s northern tip. It is the only coast the Sultanate has on the Arabian Gulf and is just over 50 km south of the Islamic Republic of Iran across the Strait of Hormuz.
Hey Kantoi – you missed my home town ‘ Muscat’ . Did you know apart from it being my hometown its also home to 600,000 other people; you know there a lot of un-happy people out-here whom you forgot! Te he he seriously though, it’s the capital of Oman and a great place to live in, though the traffic is getting real heavy. We all look east towards Asia, in fact most of our oil goes to China, Japan, Korea and so on. So thanks for mentioning Oman and see you soon.