{"id":10219,"date":"2025-12-15T12:22:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T06:52:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=10219"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:04:10","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:34:10","slug":"gulf-of-oman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-oman\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Oman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Gulf of Oman Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Iran recently seized an oil tanker in the Gulf of Oman, Iranian media said recently, adding that 18 crew members from India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh were on board.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Gulf of Oman<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Gulf of Oman, also known as the <\/span><b>Gulf of Makran, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is the<\/span><b> northwest arm of the <a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/arabian-sea\/\" target=\"_blank\">Arabian Sea<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It forms the <\/span><b>only entrance to the Persian Gulf from the Indian Ocean.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It covers an area spanning 115,000 sq.km.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It <\/span><b>connects <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the <\/span><b>Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which then <\/span><b>empties into the Persian Gulf.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Bordering Countries<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: It is bordered by <\/span><b>Pakistan and Iran<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the north, by the <\/span><b>United Arab Emirates<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the west, and by <\/span><b>Oman <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in the south.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf is about 320 km wide at its widest point between Cape al-Hadd in Oman and Gwadar Bay on the Iran-Pakistan border. It narrows to 35 miles (56 km) at the Strait of Hormuz.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is approximately <\/span><b>560 km <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">long.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The gulf is <\/span><b>relatively shallow<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> because of its <\/span><b>origin as a fissure in the mountain spine now divided between Iran and Oman.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the <\/span><b>significant islands<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are located in the Gulf of Oman include <\/span><b>Sheytan Island, Al Fahal Island, Dimaniyat Islands, and the Sawadi Islands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The major i<\/span><b>nternational shipping ports<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that are situated in the Gulf of Oman include <\/span><b>Port Sultan Qaboos Muttrah in Muscat, Oman; Chabahar Port in Iran; the Port of Fujairah and Khor Fakkan Container Terminal in the United Arab Emirates.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\">Roughly <b style=\"font-size: inherit;\">one-third of the world\u2019s oil is exported<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> via the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/international\/iran-seizes-oil-tanker-in-gulf-of-oman-report\/article70390502.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf of Oman connects the Arabian Sea with the Strait of Hormuz, which then empties into the Persian Gulf. 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