• Location: Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Oman, and Persian Gulf, between Yemen and UAE
• Geographic coordinates: 21 00 N, 57 00 E
• Map references: Middle East
• Area:
  
  Total: 212,460 sq km
  
  Land: 212,460 sq km
  
  Water: 0 sq km
• Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Kansas
• Land boundaries:
  
  Total: 1,374 km
  
  Border countries: Saudi Arabia 676 km, UAE 410 km, Yemen 288 km
• Coastline: 2,092 km
• Maritime claims:
  
  Contiguous zone: 24 nm
  
  Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
  
  Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Climate: dry desert; hot, humid along coast; hot, dry interior; strong southwest summer monsoon (May to September) in far south
• Terrain: vast central desert plain, rugged mountains in north and south
• Elevation extremes:
  
  Lowest point: Arabian Sea 0 m
  
  Highest point: Jabal Shams 2,980 m
• Natural resources: petroleum, copper, asbestos, some marble, limestone, chromium, gypsum, natural gas