Gulf of Oman
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- For the Battlefield 2 map, see Gulf of Oman (Battlefield 2 map).
The
Gulf of Oman (
Arabic: خليج عمان;
transliterated: khalīj ʿumān,
Persian: دریای عمان; transliterated: daryā-ye ʿomān) is a
strait that connects the
Arabian Sea with 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
Iran (Persia) On the south coast are
Oman in the east and
United Arab Emirates for a short distance in the west. A beach on the gulf is the setting for a fictional battle in the video game
Battlefield 2.
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