Bimmah Sinkhole

Hawiyyat Najm, known as Bimmah Sinkhole in English, is a water-filled depression, structurally a , in the limestone of eastern in the Sultanate of Oman, very close to the Al Sharqiyah region just off the highway to Sur, few kilometers before Tiwi.
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  • Type: Scenic viewpoint
  • Description: Sinkhole in Oman
  • Also known as: “Bimmah Sink Hole” and “Hawiyat Najm”

Bimmah Sinkhole

Latitude
23.03584° or 23° 2′ 9″ north
Longitude
59.07193° or 59° 4′ 19″ east
Open location code
7HMX23PC+8Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 1278042490
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­sinkhole
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­viewpoint
Wiki­data ID
Q20190533
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Satellite Map

Discover Bimmah Sinkhole from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Slovenian—“Bimmah Sinkhole” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “هوية نجم”
  • Chinese: “陨星深井洞”
  • Chinese: “隕星深井洞”
  • German: “Hawiyyat Nadschm”
  • Korean: “비마 싱크홀”
  • Slovenian: “Vrtača Bimma”
  • “Hawiyat Najm”

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