Area Boundaries
- Area
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- Total: 17,820 km²
- Land: 17,820 km²
- Water: 0 km²
- Area—comparative
- Slightly smaller than New Jersey
- Land boundaries
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- Total: 462 km
- Border countries: Iraq 240 km, Saudi Arabia 222 km
- Coastline
- 499 km
- Maritime claims
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- Territorial sea: 12 nmi (22.2 km; 13.8 mi)
- Elevation extremes
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- Lowest point: Persian Gulf 0 m
- Highest point: unnamed location 306 m
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