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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 also known as دریای ایران - , or دریای فارس - Daryā-e Fārs, ) 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. On the north coast is Pakistan and Iran . On the south coast are Oman in the east, and the United Arab Emirates for a short distance in the west.

[edit] Extents

The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Gulf of Oman as follows:^[1]

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].

[edit] Further literature

"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