{"id":375415,"date":"2026-11-11T16:27:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=375415"},"modified":"2026-11-11T16:27:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-11T10:57:19","slug":"gulf-of-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gulf-of-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong> The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Coast Guard rescued 22 crew members of Arab nationality after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, with all those rescued reported to be in stable condition.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\">About Gulf of Oman<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 276px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cdn.britannica.com\/16\/245516-050-FA3887C6\/Locator-map-Gulf-of-Oman.jpg?resize=276%2C276&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Gulf of Oman\" width=\"276\" height=\"276\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Britannica<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Gulf of Oman<\/strong> is the<strong> western extension of the Arabian Sea in the Middle East. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It is also known as<strong> Gulf of Makran.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>It <strong>connects the Arabian Sea with the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/strait-of-hormuz\/\">Strait of Hormuz.<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It also\u00a0<strong>connects with the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/persian-gulf\/\">Persian Gulf <\/a>to the northwest<\/strong> through the Strait of Hormuz.<\/li>\n<li>It offers the<strong> only entrance from the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean into the Persian Gulf.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering nations:<\/strong> It is bordered by<strong> Pakistan <\/strong>and <strong>Iran in the north; <\/strong>by the<strong> United Arab Emirates <\/strong>in the west and by<strong> Oman <\/strong>in the south.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Width:<\/strong> It is about<strong> 320 km wide<\/strong> at its widest point between <strong>Cape al-Hadd in Oman and the Gwadar Bay<\/strong> on the <strong>Iran-Pakistan<\/strong> border.\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>560 km long.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ports along the gulf:\u00a0<\/strong>The<strong> major international shipping ports<\/strong> that are situated in the Gulf of Oman include<strong> Port Sultan Qaboos Muttrah in Muscat, Oman; Chabahar Port in Iran; the Port of Fujairah and Khor Fakkan Container Terminal in the United Arab Emirates.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Islands:<\/strong> Some of the significant islands that are located in the Gulf of Oman include <strong>Sheytan Island, Al Fahal Island, Dimaniyat Islands, and the Sawadi Islands.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Strategic importance:<\/strong> Its main importance is as<strong> a shipping route for the oil-producing area around the Persian Gulf.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) Coast Guard rescued 22 crew members of Arab nationality after a fire broke out aboard a cargo ship in the Gulf of Oman, with all those rescued reported to be in stable condition. About Gulf of Oman The Gulf of Oman is the western extension of the Arabian Sea&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/gulf-of-oman\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Gulf of Oman<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,164,12039,11211],"tags":[11872,11853],"class_list":["post-375415","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-international-relations-daily-factly-articles","category-knolls","category-places-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-dd-news","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375415","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=375415"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/375415\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=375415"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=375415"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=375415"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}