Oman is located in the extreme southeastern corner of the Arabian Peninsula.
It is bound by the United Arab Emirates to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the north and west, Yemen to the southwest, the Gulf of Oman to the northeast and the Arabian Sea to the southeast and east. The country is divided into seven topographical regions. The tip of the Musandam Peninsula and the Ras al-Jabal which is a low mountain range. The fertile coastal plain known as Al Batinah which slopes to the foothills of the Western Hajar. The Muscat Matrah coastal region which is bound by cliffs.