The Musandam Peninsula (Arabic: جَزِيْرَة مُسَنْدَم \ رَأْس مُسَنْدَم, romanized: Jazīrat Musandam / Raʾs Musandam), locally known as Ruus Al Jibal (Arabic:...
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located on the Musandam Peninsula, which juts into the Strait of Hormuz, the narrow entry into the Persian Gulf, from the Arabian Peninsula. The governorate...
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Musandam may refer to: Musandam Governorate, the Omani part of the Musandam Peninsula Musandam Peninsula This disambiguation page lists articles about...
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Geography of Oman (section Musandam Governorate)
which form a belt between the coast and the desert from the Musandam Peninsula (Ras Musandam) to the city of Sur, almost at Oman's easternmost point, formed...
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Madha (category Musandam Governorate)
the UAE Emirate of Sharjah. Madha is located halfway between the Musandam Peninsula and the rest of Oman. The exclave is on the Fujairah–Khor Fakkan road...
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separation of the southern portion of Oman from its territory on the Musandam Peninsula was a source of friction between Oman and the various neighboring...
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north of the Sultanate of Oman, in the Musandam Governorate. It is the highest mountain in the Musandam Peninsula. It has an elevation of 2,087 m (6,847 ft)...
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Kumzari language (category Musandam Governorate)
Hormuz: the Shihuh tribe of the Musandam Peninsula and the Laraki community of Larak Island in Iran. On the Musandam Peninsula, the Kumzar population is concentrated...
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cities by population Mashriq Musandam Peninsula As an island country, Bahrain is technically not a part of the Arabian Peninsula, but a part of the slightly...
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Guangdong province (Hong Kong coastlines included) to Shanghai. The Musandam Peninsula in Oman, comprising the southern shore of the Strait of Hormuz. Papua...
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Telegraph Island (category Musandam Governorate)
inner inlet of Khasab Bay, less than 400 meters off the shore of the Musandam Peninsula, and less than 500 meters south of much larger but also much lesser...
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Arabian Peninsula; Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Jordan, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Oman Al-Faw Peninsula, Iraq Musandam Peninsula; Oman...
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Kumzari people (category Musandam Peninsula)
(کومزاري) are an Iranian ethnic group[citation needed] native to the Musandam peninsula in northern Oman. They speak the Kumzari language along with the Shihuh...
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Iran, and on the south coast lies the Musandam peninsula, shared by the United Arab Emirates and the Musandam Governorate, an exclave of Oman. The strait...
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Khasab (category Musandam Governorate)
capital of the Musandam Governorate which is an exclave of Oman bordering the United Arab Emirates at the tip of the Musandam Peninsula by the Strait of...
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activities, sent the warship Zeemeeuw ('Seagull') to explore the Musandam peninsula between Khasab, on the Persian Gulf side, and Dibba on the east coast...
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on the north-east corner of the Arabian Plate, reaching from the Musandam Peninsula through to the east coast of Oman. The range is about 100 km (62 mi)...
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watching tours, particularly in locations like Hong Kong and the Musandam Peninsula of Oman. The humpback dolphin is a coastal species found from Africa...
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border between the United Arab Emirates and Oman, including Oman's Musandam Peninsula and Al Madhah enclaves, but the contents of the agreement, and detailed...
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(clockwise, from north): Iran; Oman's Musandam exclave; the United Arab Emirates; Saudi Arabia; Qatar, on a peninsula off the Saudi coast; Bahrain, an island...
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311 through Ras al-Khaimah to the UAE's northern border with Oman (Musandam Peninsula). In Dubai, Sheikh Mohammad Bin Zayed Road is a prime location for...
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Oman and the United Arab Emirates, including Oman's enclaves on the Musandam Peninsula and in Mahdah, the contents of the agreement have not yet been published...
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(Abu Dhabi and Dubai) and a full white flag by Ajman. The Shihuh of Musandam Peninsula (Ruus Al Jibal) also had a similar flag. Before 1952, the flag of...
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part of the Hajar Mountain range, specifically in the Ruus Al Jibal (Musandam Peninsula), the tribe has long been influential in the affairs of both the east...
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and Yemen in the southwest. Oman has two enclaves (Madha and the Musandam peninsula) within the land borders of the UAE. Oman also has maritime borders...
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the Dhofar (southern) region; and about 30,000 live in the remote Musandam Peninsula on the Strait of Hormuz. Since 1970, the government has given high...
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Dibba is another region split between the UAE and Oman, touching the Musandam Peninsula, which is partly ruled by the Emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, where the...
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Jebel Jais (category Musandam Peninsula)
romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North-Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The...
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Bukha (category Musandam Governorate)
Wilayat and town in the Muhafazah of Musandam in the Sultanate of Oman. It is located in the southwestern side of Musandam, overlooking the Persian Gulf. It...
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Yarubi rule, fortified buildings covered the country from the north of Musandam to the south of Dhofar, making Oman a great power in the Persian Gulf....
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