• Location: Middle East, bordering the Gulf of Oman and the Persian Gulf, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
• Geographic coordinates: 24 00 N, 54 00 E
• Map references: Middle East
• Area:
  
  Total: 82,880 sq km
  
  Land: 82,880 sq km
  
  Water: 0 sq km
• Area - comparative: slightly smaller than Maine
• Land boundaries:
  
  Total: 867 km
  
  Border countries: Oman 410 km, Saudi Arabia 457 km
• Coastline: 1,318 km
• Maritime claims:
  
  Contiguous zone: 24 nm
  
  Continental shelf: 200 nm or to the edge of the continental margin
  
  Exclusive economic zone: 200 nm
  
  Territorial sea: 12 nm
• Climate: desert; cooler in eastern mountains
• Terrain: flat, barren coastal plain merging into rolling sand dunes of vast desert wasteland; mountains in east
• Elevation extremes:
  
  Lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
  
  Highest point: Jabal Yibir 1,527 m
• Natural resources: petroleum, natural gas