Shamm
Shamm is a locality in Musandam Governorate, Oman. Shamm is situated nearby to the locality Ras Hasan, as well as near Ras Saghi.Places of Interest
Highlights include Telegraph Island.
Telegraph Island
Islet
Photo: mccaffrey uk, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Telegraph Island 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 also much lesser known Sham Island, both of which are parts of the Sultanate of Oman. Telegraph Island is situated 2½ km south of Shamm.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Khasab.
Khasab
Photo: StellarD, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Khasab is a city in the northwest Omani exclave of Musandam and home to about 18,000 inhabitants. It is the state capital of the Musandam peninsula on the coast of the Hormuz Strait between Iran, the United Arab Emirates and Oman.
Shamm
- Type: Locality
- Also known as: “Sham”
- Location: Musandam Governorate, Oman, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
26.21753° or 26° 13′ 3″ northLongitude
56.33982° or 56° 20′ 23″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
7HRR689Q+2WGeoNames ID
390443
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In Other Languages
“Shamm” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شم”
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Notable Places Nearby
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