There are several tanker terminals along Kuwait's coast. Kuwait's major ports are Shuwaikh Port in Kuwait City, and the Port of Shuaiba (container). The Port of Basra and the offshore Al Başrah Oil Terminal in Iraq. The largest ports in the Persian Gulf region. There are a number of ports in the Persian Gulf and numerous tanker terminals along the coast and offshore. Other international airports are in Kuwait City, Dammam, Muscat, and Manama. There are three major international airports in the Gulf Region, Dubai International Airport in Dubai and Abu Dhabi International Airport in Abu Dhabi in the UAE, and Hamad International Airport in Doha in Qatar. The airspace in the Persian Gulf is also quite busy - and a contentious issue. About one-fifth of the world's seaborne oil is transported via the Strait of Hormuz. The waterway is of strategic and economic significance, all ocean transport to and from the oil-rich countries must pass through the strait. It links the Persian Gulf with the Gulf of Oman. The strait is recognized as an international trade route. The Strait of Hormuz is situated between Qeshm Island and the Iranian coast in the north and the Musandam Peninsula of the Arabian Peninsula in the south. Today the Arab states of the Persian Gulf provide approximately 20% of the world oil production. Oil production in the Persian Gulf on industrial-scale began only in the 1930s. Before oil was discovered in the gulf in 1908, people made their living from fishing, pearl diving, trade, and piracy. Arabs, Persians, Turks, the Portuguese and later the British fought to control of the sea. The Persian Gulf is an important transportation route since antiquity and therefore a contested region. Some minor Iranian rivers such as the Mond River, the Zohreh and the Helleh River, also empty into the Persian Gulf. The gulf is fed by the Shatt al-Arab in the northwest, a major river formed by the confluence of the Euphrates and the Tigris. The inland sea is connected to the Gulf of Oman in the east by the Strait of Hormuz.Įight countries border the Persian Gulf, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Oman (Musandam exclave) and Iran.
The gulf is approximately 1000 km long and 200 to 300 km wide, with an area of about 250,000 km². The Persian Gulf is an arm of the Arabian Sea between the mountainous coast of southwestern Iran and the rather flat coast of Arabian Peninsula.
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