Persian Gulf

The Persian Gulf is located in the between Iran and the . It is an extension of the Indian Ocean. The narrows at its mouth is the Straits of Hormuz, a strategically important area in various conflicts.
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  • Type: sea
  • Description: extension of the Indian Ocean
  • Also known as: “Al-Chalidż al-Arabi”, “Al-Farsi Gulf”, “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Fari̱si”, “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Iran”, “Arab-öböl”, “Araba Golfo”, “Araba-persa golfo”, “Arabian Gulf”, “Arabianlahti”, “Arabijos įlanka”, “Arabisch-Persischer Golf”, “Arabische Golf”, “Arabiska viken”, “Arabiske Bugt”, “Arabistan Körfezi”, “Arabski zaliv”, “Arābu līcis”, “Arap Körfezi”, “Arapski zaliv”, “Arapski zaljev”, “Bahr Faris”, “Den arabiske golf”, “Den arabiske gulf”, “Den persiske bukt”, “Den persiske bukta”, “Den persiske golf”, “Den Persiske Golf”, “Den persiske gulf”, “Den persiske gulfen”, “Den persiske havbugt”, “Ərəb körfəzi”, “Fars Körfezi”, “Ghuba la Uajemi”, “Ghuba ya Persia”, “Gjirin Persik”, “Golf von Iran”, “Golfe de l’Iran”, “Golfo arabico”, “Golfo Arábico”, “Golfo de Iran”, “Golfo de Irán”, “Golfo do Irã”, “Golfo Persyahanon”, “Golfong Persiko”, “Golfregion”, “Golfu di Persia”, “Golfu Persicu”, “Golfu Pèrsicu”, “Golfului Persic”, “Golko pertsikoa”, “Golpo Arabiano”, “Golpo Persyano”, “Golpo ti Iran”, “Gulf of Iran”, “Gulfu di Persia”, “Gulfu Persicu”, “Gwlff Arabia”, “İran Körfezi”, “Iranska viken”, “Isla Yas”, “Kendava Basra”, “Kendava Basrayê”, “Kendava Farisî”, “Kendava fars”, “Kendava Pers”, “Kendawa fars”, “Neft körfəzi”, “pars”, “Pers Körfezi”, “Persia-oan”, “Persiagolfen”, “Persiagulfen”, “Persiako golko”, “Persiako golkoa”, “Pérsico”, “Persijas jūras līcis”, “Persijski zaliv”, “Persische Golf”, “Persiska Golfen”, “Persiska gulfen”, “Persiske bukt”, “Persiske golf”, “Persiske gulf”, “Persiske gulfen”, “Persiski golf”, “Persų įlanka”, “Pertsiar Golko”, “Pertsiar golkoa”, “Perzijsko more”, “Perzijsko morje”, “Pho-su Oan”, “Pleg-mor arab-ha-pers”, “Pleg-mor Pers”, “Pleg-mor pers hag arab”, “Suudi Arabistan Körfezi”, “The Gulf”, “vịnh Ả Rập”, “vịnh Péc xích”, “vịnh Péc-xích”, “Y Gwlff”, “Zatoka Arabska”, “Αραβικός Κόλπος”, “Араб булуңу”, “Араббы бакæлæн”, “Арабски залив”, “Арабский залив”, “Арабын булан”, “Аравийский залив”, “Персайнаг бакæлæн”, “Перси пырĕ”, “Персидська затока”, “Персийския залив”, “Пэрсыдзкі заліў”, “המפרץ הערבי”, “פערסישע גאלף”, “الخليج الفارسي”, “الخلیج الفارسی”, “بحر العجم”, “بحر فارس”, “بصره کؤزفزی”, “پارس سمندرګی”, “خليج البصرة”, “خليج البصره”, “خليج القطيف”, “خليج فارس”, “خلیج پارس”, “خلیج فارسی”, “خلیج‌فارس”, “د عربو خليج”, “د فارس خلیج”, “دریای پارس”, “دریای فارس”, “شاخاب پارس”, “عرب کؤرفزی”, “عربو خليج”, “عربي خلیج”, “فارس خليج”, “کنداب پارس”, “کەنداوی بەسرە”, “کەنداوی عەرەبی”, “کەنداوی فارس”, “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܐܝܪܐܢ”, “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܕܦܪܣ”, “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܥܪܒܝܐ”, “अरबी आखात”, “इराणचा अखात”, “इराणचा आखात”, “इराणाचे आखात”, “पर्शियन अखात”, “पर्शियन आखात”, “फारस की खाड़ी”, “அராபியக் குடா”, “அரேபிய வளைகுடா”, “பாரசிக வளைகுடா”, “பாரசீகக் குடா”, “ഗൾഫ്”, “പേർഷ്യൻ കടലിടുക്ക്”, “걸프 만”, “걸프만”, “아라비아 만”, “페르샤 만”, “アラビア湾”, “ペルシャ湾”, “海湾地区”, and “阿拉伯湾”

Persian Gulf

Latitude of center
26° north
Longitude of center
52° east
Wiki­data ID
Q34675
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Adyghe to Zeeuws—“Persian Gulf” goes by many names.
  • Adyghe: “Перс Псыдахь”
  • Afrikaans: “Persiese Golf”
  • Albanian: “Gjiri Persik”
  • Amharic: “የፋርስ ባህረስላጤ”
  • Arabic: “الخليج العربي”
  • Armenian: “Պարսից ծոց”
  • Asturian: “Golfu Pérsicu”
  • Azerbaijani: “Fars körfəzi”
  • Azerbaijani: “İran körfəzi”
  • Balinese: “Celukan Persia”
  • Bashkir: “Фарсы ҡултығы”
  • Basque: “Persiar golkoa”
  • Belarusian: “Персідскі заліў”
  • Belarusian: “Пэрсыдзкая затока”
  • Bengali: “পারস্য উপসাগর”
  • Bhojpuri: “फारस के खाड़ी”
  • Bosnian: “Perzijski zaliv”
  • Breton: “Pleg-mor Persia”
  • Bulgarian: “Персийски залив”
  • Burmese: “ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့”
  • Catalan: “golf Pèrsic”
  • Catalan: “Golf Pèrsic”
  • Cebuano: “Golfong Persiyanhon”
  • Central Bikol: “Golpo Persiko”
  • Central Kurdish: “کەنداوی عەرەب”
  • Chechen: “Персин айма”
  • Chinese: “波斯湾”
  • Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Chuvash: “Перс кӳлмекĕ”
  • Croatian: “Perzijski zaljev”
  • Czech: “Perský záliv”
  • Danish: “Den Persiske Bugt”
  • Danish: “Persiske Bugt”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Korfezê Farsi”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Xelicê Farsi”
  • Dutch: “Perzische Golf”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الخليج الفارسى”
  • Erzya: “Персиянь ведьуло”
  • Esperanto: “Persa golfo”
  • Esperanto: “Persa Golfo”
  • Estonian: “Pärsia laht”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Persian Khaarri”
  • Finnish: “Persianlahti”
  • French: “golfe Persique”
  • French: “Golfe Persique”
  • Galician: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Georgian: “სპარსეთის ყურე”
  • German: “Persischer Golf”
  • Gilaki: “خلیج فارس”
  • Gilaki: “فارس ٚ خليج”
  • Greek: “Περσικός Κόλπος”
  • Guarani: “Parapyte Péysia pegua”
  • Hakka Chinese: “Pô-sṳ̂-vân”
  • Hebrew: “המפרץ הפרסי”
  • Hindi: “फ़ारस की खाड़ी”
  • Hungarian: “Perzsa-öböl”
  • Iban: “Teluk Persia”
  • Icelandic: “Persaflói”
  • Ido: “Gulfo Persia”
  • Ido: “Persiana gulfo”
  • Iloko: “Golpo Persiano”
  • Inari Sami: “Persialuohtâ”
  • Indonesian: “Teluk Persia”
  • Irish: “Murascaill na Peirse”
  • Italian: “Golfo Persico”
  • Japanese: “ペルシア湾”
  • Javanese: “Lempongan Pèrsi”
  • Javanese: “Teluk Persia”
  • Kabyle: “Abagu Afarsi”
  • Karachay-Balkar: “Къаджар богъаз”
  • Kashmiri: “فارس سۆتھُر”
  • Kazakh: “Парсы шығанағы”
  • Khmer: “ឈូងសមុទ្រពែរ្ស”
  • Kirghiz: “Парс булуңу”
  • Kirghiz: “Парсы булуңу”
  • Komering: “Teluk Persia”
  • Komering: “Toluk Parsiya”
  • Korean: “페르샤만”
  • Korean: “페르시아만”
  • Kurdish: “Kendava Farsê”
  • Lao: “ອ່າວເປີເຊຍ”
  • Latin: “Sinus Persicus”
  • Latvian: “Persijas līcis”
  • Limburgan: “Perzische Golf”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Golfo Persian”
  • Lithuanian: “Persijos įlanka”
  • Low German: “Persische Gulf”
  • Lower Sorbian: “Persiski zalew”
  • Luxembourgish: “Persesche Golf”
  • Macedonian: “Персиски Залив”
  • Malagasy: “Helodrano persika”
  • Malagasy: “Hoala Persika”
  • Malay: “Teluk Parsi”
  • Malayalam: “പേർഷ്യൻ ഗൾഫ്”
  • Marathi: “इराणचे आखात”
  • Mazanderani: “خلیج فارس”
  • Mazanderani: “فارس دریامونا”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Pho-su-oan”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Minangkabau: “Taluak Persia”
  • Mingrelian: “სპარსეთიშ ჸუჯი”
  • Mongolian: “Персийн булан”
  • Moroccan Arabic: “لخليج”
  • Nepali: “पर्सियन खाडी”
  • Nepali: “फारसको खाडी”
  • Newari: “फारसया खाडी”
  • Northern Frisian: “Golf faan Persien”
  • Northern Sami: “Persialuokta”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Persiabukten”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Persiabukta”
  • Norwegian: “Persiabukten”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Golf Persic”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܪܩܩܐ ܦܪܣܝܐ”
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Persisc Sǣ”
  • Ossetian: “Персы бакæлæн”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਾਰਸ ਦੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Panjabi: “ਫ਼ਾਰਸੀ ਖਾੜੀ”
  • Papiamento: “Golfo Persico”
  • Papiamento: “Golfo Pérsiko”
  • Papiamento: “Golfo Pèrsiko”
  • Persian: “خلیج فارس”
  • Piemontese: “Gòlf Pérsich”
  • Polish: “Zatoka Perska”
  • Portuguese: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Pushto: “پارس خليج”
  • Rakhine: “ပါရှန်ပင်လယ်ကွေ့”
  • Romanian: “Golful Persic”
  • Russian: “Персидский залив”
  • Rusyn: “Персийскый залив”
  • Scots: “Persie Gulf”
  • Serbian: “Персијски залив”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Perzijski zaljev”
  • Shona: “Gahwi re Perusiya”
  • Sicilian: “Gulfu Pèrsicu”
  • Sindhi: “فارس جي نار”
  • Skolt Sami: “Persialuhtt”
  • Slovak: “Perzský záliv”
  • Slovenian: “Perzijski zaliv”
  • Somali: “Gacanka Faarsiga”
  • South Azerbaijani: “فارس کؤرفزی”
  • Spanish: “golfo Pérsico”
  • Spanish: “Golfo Pérsico”
  • Sundanese: “Teluk Pérsia”
  • Swahili: “Ghuba ya Uajemi”
  • Swedish: “Persiska viken”
  • Swiss German: “Persischer Golf”
  • Tagalog: “Golpong Persiko”
  • Tagalog: “Gulpong Persiano”
  • Tajik: “Халиҷи Форс”
  • Tamil: “பாரசீக வளைகுடா”
  • Tatar: “Фарсы култыгы”
  • Telugu: “పర్షియన్ గల్ఫ్”
  • Thai: “อ่าวเปอร์เซีย”
  • Tok Pisin: “Persian Gulf”
  • Turkish: “Basra Körfezi”
  • Turkmen: “Pars aýlagy”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Pari̱si”
  • Tyap: “A̱ngam A̱sa̱khwot Parsi”
  • Ukrainian: “Перська затока”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Persiski zaliw”
  • Urdu: “خلیج فارس”
  • Uzbek: “Fors koʻrfazi”
  • Venetian: “Golfo Pèrsego”
  • Vietnamese: “vịnh Ba Tư”
  • Vietnamese: “Vịnh Ba Tư”
  • Vlaams: “Perzische Golf”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Golpo Persia”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Gulfo han Persia”
  • Welsh: “Gwlff Persia”
  • Western Armenian: “Պարսից Ծոց”
  • Western Frisian: “Perzyske Golf”
  • Western Panjabi: “خلیج فارس”
  • Wu Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Yakut: “Персия хомото”
  • Yiddish: “פערסישער איינגאס”
  • Yoruba: “Gulf Pẹ́rsíà”
  • Yue Chinese: “波斯灣”
  • Zeeuws: “Perzische Holf”
  • “Persiah Ayollohko”
  • “फारस के खाड़ी”

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