oman muscat capital of oman oman officially called the sultanate of oman is an arab state in southwest asia on the southeast coast of the arabian peninsula it has a strategically important position at the mouth of the persian gulf it is bordered by the united arab emirates uae to the northwest saudi arabia to the west and yemen to the southwest and also shares a marine border with iran the coast is formed by the arabian sea on the southeast and the gulf of oman on the northeast the madha and musandam exclaves are surrounded by the uae on their land borders with the strait of hor 2f122at.jpg from oman pg่อเย็ด View Photo