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What is the Strait at the southern end of the Persian Gulf?
The Persian Gulf is about 56 km (35 mi) wide at its narrowest, in the Strait of Hormuz.
What country is at the tip of the Persian Gulf?
It is bordered on the north, northeast, and east by Iran; on the southeast and south by part of Oman and by the United Arab Emirates; on the southwest and west by Qatar, Bahrain, and Saudi Arabia; and on the northwest by Kuwait and Iraq.
What country is south of Iraq on the Persian Gulf?
It is bordered to the north by Turkey, to the east by Iran, to the west by Syria and Jordan, and to the south by Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. Iraq has 36 miles (58 km) of coastline along the northern end of the Persian Gulf, giving it a tiny sliver of territorial sea.
Where is Strait Magellan?
The Strait of Magellan (Estrecho de Magallanes) is a passage located at the southern tip of South America, among the Chilean Patagonia, Tierra del Fuego Island and a number of islands to the West. It is the most important natural passage between the Pacific and the Atlantic Oceans.
Who owns Hormuz Strait?
Iran
The Strait contains eight major islands, seven of which are controlled by Iran. Iran and the United Arab Emirates disagree as to the ownership of the strategically located Abu Musa, Greater Tunb, and Lesser Tunb islands. Nonetheless, Iran has maintained a military presence on these islands since the 1970s.
Which is the only peninsular country in the Persian Gulf?
Qatar, the only peninsular country in the Persian Gulf on the larger peninsula, is home to the Arabic-language television station Al Jazeera and its English-language subsidiary Al Jazeera English.
How did the Arabian Peninsula get its name?
The Arabian Peninsula formed as a result of the rifting of the Red Sea between 56 and 23 million years ago, and is bordered by the Red Sea to the west and southwest, the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman to the northeast, the Levant and Mesopotamia to the north and the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean to the southeast.
What is the northern border of Saudi Arabia?
The northern portion of the peninsula merges with the Syrian Desert with no clear borderline, although the northern boundary of the peninsula is generally considered to be the northern borders of Saudi Arabia and Kuwait.
What are the four regions of the Arabian Peninsula?
Before the modern era, the region was divided into primarily four distinct regions: the Central Plateau (Najd or Al-Yamama ), South Arabia, Al-Bahrain (Eastern Arabia or Al-Hassa ), and the Hejaz ( Tihamah for the western coast), as described by Ibn al-Faqih.