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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; 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.
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:[1]
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- 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)
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- 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].
Further reading[edit]
- "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
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Coordinates: 25°N 58°E / 25°N 58°E / 25; 58
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AME Info (press release)
Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:47:42 -0700
Saudi Arabia Country Guide. Saudi Arabia occupies four-fifths of the Arabian peninsula. Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, the Gulf of Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen border it. To the west lies the Red Sea. Read more » ...
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Payvand
Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:26:49 -0700
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New York Times
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:04:00 -0700
At the judges' signal, the bulls charged, locking horns and trying to push each other backward in a competition that has entertained crowds and given bragging rights to bull owners along the Gulf of Oman for as long as people here can remember. In ...
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DVIDS
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 08:12:57 -0700
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Bahrain News Agency
Sun, 19 May 2013 02:58:58 -0700
... Gulf ' as have been shown in maps and documents conducted in 1478-1861 that emphasized the Arabic identity of the Gulf by giving it different Arabic names such as, the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Iraq, Gulf of Basra, Gulf of Oman, Sea of Basra and Al ...
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AME Info (press release)
Sun, 02 Jun 2013 03:52:38 -0700
Saudi Arabia Country Guide. Saudi Arabia occupies four-fifths of the Arabian peninsula. Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, the Gulf of Oman, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Oman and Yemen border it. To the west lies the Red Sea. Read more » ...
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AME Info (press release)
Tue, 11 Jun 2013 04:24:13 -0700
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MarineLink
Fri, 14 Jun 2013 08:13:18 -0700
While deployed, HMAS Toowoomba participated in counter-terrorism operations in the Gulf of Oman and North Arabian Sea, and counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden and in the waters off the Horn of Africa and the Somali Basin. Toowoomba was ...
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