Qatar is a small country on a peninsula jutting into the Persian Gulf on the northeastern edge of the Arabian Peninsula, just east of Saudi Arabia in the Middle East.

Where Qatar is on the map

  • Qatar sits in West Asia, on the northeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula.
  • It is almost entirely surrounded by the Persian Gulf, with its only land border touching Saudi Arabia to the south.
  • On a world map, look to the Middle East between Africa and South Asia, then find the small peninsula sticking into the Gulf just above the UAE and next to Bahrain and Iran across the water.

Nearby countries and seas

  • Direct land neighbor: Saudi Arabia.
  • Nearby across the Gulf: Bahrain, United Arab Emirates, and Iran, with Kuwait and Oman also in the broader region.
  • Qatar lies on the coast of the Persian Gulf (also called the Arabian Gulf), with the Gulf of Bahrain and Gulf of Salwah as nearby inlets.

Map-style description

  • Imagine zooming into the Middle East:
    1. Find the Arabian Peninsula (Saudi Arabia taking most of the space).
2. Look to the east coast where the land meets the Persian Gulf.

3. Spot the narrow, north-pointing finger of land sticking into the water: that small peninsula is **Qatar** , with its capital Doha on the eastern shoreline.

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