Gulf of Oman

Gulf of Oman

The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman (Arabic: خليج عُمان‎‎—Ḫalīdj ʾUmān; alternatively known as خليج مکران—, Ḫalīdj Makrān; in Persian: دریای عمان Daryā-ye Ommān, or دریای مکران Daryā-ye Makrān, or دریای پارسDaryā-ye Pārs; in Urdu: خلیج عمان‎ Khaleej Oman) is a strait (and not an actual gulf) that connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then runs to the Persian Gulf. It is generally included as a branch of the Persian Gulf, not as an arm of the Arabian Sea. The gulf borders Pakistan and Iran on the north, Oman on the south, and the United Arab Emirates on the west.

Extent

Gwadar Port in Balochistan, Pakistan looking towards the Gulf of Oman

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Gulf of Oman as follows:

On the Northwest. A line joining Ràs Limah (25°57'N) on the coast of Arabia and Ràs al Kuh (25°48'N) on the coast of Iran (Persia)

On the Southeast. The Northern limit of the Arabian Sea [A line joining Ràs al Hadd, East point of Arabia (22°32'N) and Ràs Jiyùni (61°43'E) on the coast of Pakistan].

Ecology

Further information: Persian Gulf § Wildlife

See also

• Gulf of Oman desert and semi-desert

Further reading

• "The Book of Duarte Barbosa" by Duarte Barbosa, Mansel Longworth Dames. 1989. p. 79. ISBN 81-206-0451-2
• "The Natural History of Pliny". by Pliny, Henry Thomas Riley, John Bostock. 1855. p. 117
• "The Countries and Tribes of the Persian Gulf" by Samuel Barrett Miles - 1966. p. 148
• "The Life & Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner". by Daniel Defoe. 1895. p. 279
• "The Outline of History: Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind". by Herbert George Well. 1920. p. 379.
• "The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge" by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck. 1910. p. 242

External links

• Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs