Gulf of Oman

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arm of the sea gulf

The Gulf of Oman is a vital arm of the Arabian Sea that connects the Persian Gulf to the open ocean and serves as a key maritime route for global oil and trade.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Gulf of Oman coast 3
Sea of Oman (for its northwestern part) 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf arm of the sea ⓘ
gulf ⓘ
adjacentTo Arabian Peninsula ⓘ
Makran coast ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
borders Iran ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
climate arid subtropical ⓘ
connectedWaterBody Arabian Sea ⓘ
Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
connectsTo Arabian Sea ⓘ
Persian Gulf ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz ⓘ
facesEnvironmentalIssues oil pollution risk ⓘ
overfishing ⓘ
governedBy United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea ⓘ
hasEcology marine biodiversity hotspot ⓘ
hasEconomicRole energy exports corridor ⓘ
global trade corridor ⓘ
hasPort Port of Chabahar ⓘ
Port of Fujairah ⓘ
Gwadar ⓘ
surface form: Port of Gwadar

Port of Muscat ⓘ
Port of Sohar ⓘ
hasSecurityIssues maritime piracy risk ⓘ
naval tensions ⓘ
hasStrategicImportance global oil transport ⓘ
international maritime trade ⓘ
isEntranceTo Persian Gulf ⓘ
locatedIn Arabian Sea ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf Iran ⓘ
Oman ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
United Arab Emirates ⓘ
partOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
key maritime route between Persian Gulf and Indian Ocean ⓘ
region Middle East ⓘ
northwestern Arabian Sea ⓘ
seaRouteFor crude oil exports from Persian Gulf states ⓘ
liquefied natural gas exports ⓘ
usedFor naval operations ⓘ
oil tanker traffic ⓘ
shipping ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (32)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

EUNAVFOR Atalanta → areaOfOperation → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Fleet → areaOfOperations → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Pakistan → borderFeature → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Fujairah → borderedBy → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Muscat → coast → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Muttrah Corniche → coast → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Oman coast
Arabian Sea → connectedBy → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Persian Gulf → connectedTo → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Strait of Hormuz → connects → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Persian Gulf → flowsInto → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Arabian Sea → hasAlternativeName → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Sea of Oman (for its northwestern part)
Iran → hasCoastOn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
United Arab Emirates → hasCoastOn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Oman → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Western Indo-Pacific → includes → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Al Jalali Fort → locatedIn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Oman coast
Muscat → locatedIn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Port Sultan Qaboos → locatedIn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Fujairah → locatedOn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Muttrah Souq → locatedOn → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Port of Muscat → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Muttrah Corniche → locatedOnWaterbody → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Iran–Pakistan border → nearbyBody → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Al Jalali Fort → overlooks → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Al Mirani Fort → overlooks → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Armed Forces of Oman → primaryTheater → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
Port Sultan Qaboos → waterway → Gulf of Oman ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Oman coast