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The Sultanate of Oman is situated on the southeast corner of the
Arabian Peninsula and is located between Latitudes 16° 40' and
26° 20' North and Longitudes 51° 50' and 59° 40' East.
The coastline extends 1,700 km from the Strait of Hormuz in the
north, to the borders of the Republic of Yemen in the south and
overlooks three seas: the Arabian Gulf, Gulf of Oman and the
Arabian Sea.
The Sultanate borders Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in the West; the
United Arab Emirates in the Northeast, the Republic of Yemen in
the South; the Strait of Hormuz in the North and the Arabian Sea
in the East.
The Musandam Peninsula forms the country's northern tip, and is
separated from the rest of the Sultanate by United Arab
Emirates' eastern coast and includes the only coast the
Sultanate has on the Arabian Gulf.
Musandam is just over 50 km (30 miles) south of the Islamic
Republic of Iran across the Strait of Hormuz.
The total land area is around 309,500 km2 and it is the third
largest country in the Arabian Peninsula.

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