Oman

Sharjah Centre for Astronomy and Space Science

Telegraph Island

Telegraph Island (also known as Arabic: جزيرة تليغراف‎, Jazīrat al Maqlab, and Şaghīr) is located in the Elphinstone Inlet or Khor Ash Sham, the inner inlet of Khasab Bay, less than 400 meters off the shore of the Musandam Peninsula, and less than 500 meters south of much larger but…

Mushrif Park

Mushrif Park (in Arabic: حديقة مشرف) is 5.25 square kilometre (1300 acre) family-oriented park in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. It is located in the eastern part of the city (near the suburb of Khawaneej), about 16 km (10 mi) from the traditional center of Dubai.

Jabal Bil Ays

Jebel Jais (Arabic: جَبَل جَيْس‎, romanized: Jabal Jays) is a mountain of the North-Western Hajar range in the Musandam Governorate of Oman and also in Ras Al Khaimah, United Arab Emirates. The summit has an elevation of 1,934 m (6,345 ft).

Jabal Yibir

Jabal Al-Mebraḥ (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلْمبْرَح‎), also known as Jabal Yibir (Arabic: جَبَل يِبِر‎), is a 1,727 m (5,666 ft) tall mountain in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).Located in the Western Hajar Mountains, it has a prominence of around 300 m (980 ft) from its parent pea…

Battle of the Gulf of Oman

The Battle of the Gulf of Oman was a naval battle between a large Portuguese armada under Dom Fernando de Meneses and the Ottoman Indian fleet under Seydi Ali Reis.

Jabrin

Jabrin, also known as Jabreen, (Arabic: جبرين‎) is a small town in Ad Dakhiliyah Governorate in northeastern Oman near Nizwa and the Jabal Akhdar Mountains.The town is known for its impressive castle, which was built by the Yaruba dynasty Imam Bil'arab bin Sultan, who ruled from 1679 to 1692…

Sultan's Armed Forces Museum

The Sultan's Armed Forces Museum is a military history museum, located in the 150-year-old Bait Al Falaj Fort, once the headquarters for Sultan Said bin Sultan's Armed Forces, located on Al Mujamma Street, in the Ruwi area near Muscat, Oman.

Jebel Fayah

Jebel Faya (Arabic: جَبَل ٱلْفَايَة‎, romanized: Jabal Al-Fāyah; FAY-NE1) is an archaeological site and limestone hill or escarpment near Al Madam in the Emirate of Sharjah, the UAE, located about 50 km (31 mi) east of the city of Sharjah, and between the shoreline of the Gulf and A…

The Archaeological "Tomb of Maleha"

Meliha Archaeological Centre is a visitor centre and exhibition based around the history and archaeology of the areas surrounding the village of Mleiha in Sharjah, the United Arab Emirates.

Al-Muwaiji Fort

Qasr Al Muwaiji (Arabic: قَصْر ٱلْمُوَيْجِعِي‎, romanized: Qaṣr Al-Muwayjiʿī), or "Muwaiji Fort", is a fort in the central part of Al Ain in the Eastern Region of the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the United Arab Emirates.

Al Hajar Al Gharbi montane woodlands

The Al Hajar montane woodlands is a temperate grasslands, savannas, and shrublands ecoregion in the Al Hajar Mountains on the eastern Arabian Peninsula, which extends across portions of Oman and the United Arab Emirates.The ecoregion includes the upper elevations of the Al Hajar Mountains in the eas…