 The smaller islands, as well as many coral reefs and shifting sandbars, are a menace to navigation.Strong tides and occasional windstorms further complicate ship movements near the shore.The UAE also has a stretch of the Al Bāţinah coast of the Gulf of Oman, although the Musandam Peninsula, the very tip of Arabia by the Strait of Hormuz, is an exclave of Oman separated by the UAE.