Geography of Oman areas, or blow sand all over the place. Environment - current issues: Soil salinity is rising. There is beach pollution from oil spills. There are very limited natural fresh water resources. Geographical note: Oman is in a strategic location on Musandam Peninsula adjacent to Strait of Hormuz, a vital transit point for world crude oil. Geography of Oman Oman is a country situated in Southwest Asia, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and United Arab Emirates (UAE). Oman is located in the southeastern quarter of the Arabian Peninsula and covers a total land area
Persian Gulf naming dispute the Arabian Gulf." The 2000 "AP Stylebook" elaborates: Persian Gulf is the "long-established name" and the best choice. "Some Arab nations call it the Arabian Gulf. Use Arabian Gulf only in direct quotations and explain in the text that the body of water is more commonly known as the Persian Gulf." In 2004, the Persian Gulf-naming dispute was the subject of a Google bomb by an Iranian blogger named Pendar Yousefi. This was the combined efforts of hundreds of bloggers, webmasters and Persian forums who pointed links with the word Arabian Gulf to a spoof error page found at this