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Persian Gulf at Night from ISS, 2020. The Persian Gulf, [a] sometimes called the Arabian Gulf, [b] is a mediterranean sea in West Asia. The body of water is an extension of the Arabian Sea and the larger Indian Ocean located between Iran and the Arabian Peninsula. [1] [2] It is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.
Geographically, the country of Iran is located in West Asia and the bodies of water the nation borders are the Caspian Sea, Persian Gulf (Persian Gulf), and Gulf of Oman. Topographically, it is predominantly located on the Iranian/Persian plateau , Its mountains have impacted both the political and the economic history of the country for ...
The Persian Gulf Basin (Persian: آبخیز شاخاب پارس, Arabic: حوض الخليج الفارسی) is found between the Eurasian and the Arabian Plate.The Persian Gulf is described as a shallow marginal sea of the Indian Ocean that is located between the south western side of Zagros Mountains and the Arabian Peninsula and south and southeastern side of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.
Iran, [a] [b] officially the Islamic Republic of Iran (IRI) [c] and also known as Persia, [d] is a country in West Asia.It borders Turkey to the northwest and Iraq to the west, Azerbaijan, Armenia, the Caspian Sea, and Turkmenistan to the north, Afghanistan to the east, Pakistan to the southeast, the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south.
Iran is bound by the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf to the south and the Caspian Sea to its north. Shi'a Islam is the official religion, and Persian is the official language. [ 2 ] Iran's population is about 83,500,000; [ 3 ] and is the 18th largest country in the world in terms of area at 1,648,195 square kilometres (636,372 sq mi).
Gulf of Gabès, gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa; Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Equatorial Africa; Gulf of Hammamet, in northeastern Tunisia; Gulf of Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast of Libya; Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to the Suez Canal
The Persian Gulf is home to many islands, mostly small, distributed in the gulf's entire geographic area and administered by the neighboring nations. Most islands are sparsely populated, with some being barren, and some utilized for communication, military, or as ship docks. Some of the islands in the Persian Gulf are artificially constructed ...
With a total of 2,440 kilometres (1,520 mi) coastline, it has maritime borders with 6 other countries: Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman. [1] The Iran-Turkey border has a 376 kilometres (234 mi) moat, along with a 4 metres (13 ft) high concrete wall. [2]