Oman map quiz
Explore cities and landmarks of Oman!
Quizzes in this pack
Oman: cities, landmarks.
| Cities | 8 questions |
| Landmarks | 8 questions |
Sample questions
- Capital city nestled between rocky mountains and the Gulf of Oman, a clean and orderly port with whitewashed buildings, the grand Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, and a dramatic corniche along the harbour
- Answer: Muscat
- Tropical southern city in the Dhofar region near the Yemen border, uniquely green during the khareef monsoon season when the Arabian Sea brings lush vegetation to the otherwise arid coastline
- Answer: Salalah
- Ancient northern port on the Batinah coast, legendary birthplace of Sinbad the Sailor, now an industrial hub with a massive modern port and the whitewashed Sohar Fort guarding the old harbour
- Answer: Sohar
- Former capital and cultural heartland in the interior at the foot of the Hajar Mountains, famous for its massive round fort tower, a traditional Friday livestock market, and date palm oases
- Answer: Nizwa
- Eastern coastal town at the tip of the Hajar Mountains where they meet the Arabian Sea, historically a major dhow-building centre and the jumping-off point for the Ras al-Jinz turtle nesting beaches
- Answer: Sur
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Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque
Muscat
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque in Muscat was finished in 2001, a gift from Sultan Qaboos to his people. Under its dome hangs a huge crystal chandelier, and the carpet in its prayer hall, knotted by hand by about 600 women in Iran, took four years to make.
- Opened
- 2001
- Did you know?
- The chandelier is about 14 metres tall
Wadi Shab
South of Muscat, near Tiwi
Wadi Shab is a narrow gorge on the coast south of Muscat, where a boat takes visitors across the first pool and a path leads up between steep cliffs. At the end, swimmers squeeze through a gap in the rock into a cave with a hidden waterfall.
- Did you know?
- Shab is often translated as “gorge between cliffs”
Jebel Akhdar
Al Hajar Mountains
Jebel Akhdar, the “Green Mountain”, is a high plateau in the Al Hajar Mountains, around 2,000 metres up, cool enough for pomegranates, walnuts and roses to grow on its terraces. In spring the villages distil rose water from the flowers.
- Altitude
- About 2,000 m
Jebel Shams
Al Hajar Mountains
Jebel Shams, about 3,000 metres, is the highest mountain in Oman, the “mountain of the sun” because it is the first place in the country to see sunrise. Beside it lies Wadi Ghul, a canyon about 1,000 metres deep often called the Grand Canyon of Arabia.
- Height
- About 3,000 m
Nakhal Fort
Al Batinah
Nakhal Fort stands on a rocky outcrop at the foot of the Al Hajar Mountains, above a large oasis of date palms. Its towers and walls were mostly built in the 1600s on older foundations, and hot springs bubble up nearby.
- Built
- Mostly 1600s
Ras al-Jinz
Ash Sharqiyah South
Ras al-Jinz, near the easternmost point of the Arabian Peninsula, is a beach where thousands of green turtles come ashore every year to lay their eggs. Visitors can watch at night with guides, and with luck see the hatchlings run to the sea.
- Did you know?
- A female green turtle may lay over 100 eggs at a time
How it works
Pick a quiz, then find, name or choose your answer on the 3D globe. A round has 10 questions by default, or more, up to the whole quiz. Each round picks what you need most: questions due again, new ones and the places you tend to mix up. In a short round, the questions you miss are asked once more at the end. Spaced repetition then brings them back on later days until you know them.
Every round also fills your mastery badges for the continent or country, the topic and the whole world: bronze at 50%, silver at 80% and gold at 100%.
