It is the largest desert area on the continent covering an area of about 900 000 square miles 2 300 000 square km and the second largest on earth surpassed in size only by the sahara in northern africa. Arabian desert great desert region of extreme southwestern asia that occupies almost the entire arabian peninsula. Saudi arabia bahrain kuwait oman qatar the united arab emirates.
There are nine countries associated with the arabian peninsula. Arabia is the largest peninsula on earth and it occupies an area of about 1 250 000 square miles. Arabia is sometimes considered to be a subcontinent of asia.
The arabian peninsula also known as arabia is a western asian peninsula which is on the arabian plate. Map welcome to arabian peninsula the spectacular emptiness of the arabian landscape provides a blank canvas upon which is projected a riot of cultural religious intellectual and trading wonders. Plotted position of arabian peninsula n 19 29 29 0796 e 47 26 56 544 on the map.
The peninsula with an area of 3 237 500 square kilometers is. The arabian peninsula is the largest peninsula in the world. Of these a part of iraq and jordan remain outside the arabian peninsula.
The countries in the peninsula are saudi arabia yemen oman united arab emirates qatar bahrain kuwait iraq and jordan. It is bounded on the west by the red sea on the east by the persian gulf and on the south by the indian ocean. Arabian peninsula the arabian peninsula often just called arabia is a region in the middle east.
5000000 ussr union of soviet socialist republics. The northern part is within the. Geography of the arabian peninsula with an area of 3 2 million km 1 25 million mi the arabian peninsula is about the size of the indian subcontinent.
Capital city is sana a.
Arabian peninsula on map. The arabian peninsula is located in the continent of asia and bounded by clockwise the persian gulf on the northeast the strait of hormuz and the gulf of oman on the east the arabian sea on the southeast the gulf of aden guardafui channel and somali sea on the south the bab el mandeb strait on the southwest and the red sea which is located on the southwest and west. The arabian peninsula in beige includes the nine 9 countries of jordan iraq kuwait bahrain qatar the united arab emirates oman yemen and saudi arabia. Other helpful pages on worldatlas map and details of all 7 continents. Yemen which occupies the south western corner of the arabian peninsula has been devastated by a civil war that began in 2015.
Yemen which occupies the south western corner of the arabian peninsula has been devastated by a civil war that began in 2015. Other helpful pages on worldatlas map and details of all 7 continents. The arabian peninsula in beige includes the nine 9 countries of jordan iraq kuwait bahrain qatar the united arab emirates oman yemen and saudi arabia.
The arabian peninsula is located in the continent of asia and bounded by clockwise the persian gulf on the northeast the strait of hormuz and the gulf of oman on the east the arabian sea on the southeast the gulf of aden guardafui channel and somali sea on the south the bab el mandeb strait on the southwest and the red sea which is located on the southwest and west.
