Wooden utility poles with horizontal bar above the pole
Shape: Cylinder
Material: Wood
Top: Attached horizontal metallic bar with 3 insulators
Unique: A horizontal bar attached to the pole above the wooden post
Flag
The flag of Oman has three horizontal stripes—white, red, and green—with a vertical red band on the left.
At the top of this red band sits the national emblem: a pair of crossed swords beneath a traditional Omani dagger (khanjar)
Chevron
Background: Yellow
Arrows: Thin black
Additional details: Lots of arrows
Garbage bins
Material: Plastic or metal
Color: Black or grey
Text: 3-leaf logo and the word ‘be’ah’ (only 1 e)
Yellow outer lines with white centre lines
On standard highways in Oman, you’ll see a yellow edge stripe alongside white centre lines
Yellow private plates
Type: Private
Shape: Long
Background: Yellow
Text: Black
Additional details: In Street view blur the left side is heavily darkened, while the right side stays clean and yellow.
Desert landscape with dry mountains on the north coast
Most of Oman is sparsely vegetated desert
Sign post
Shape: Cylinder. Long or short
Material: Metal
Color: Black-and-white, no color possible
White pickup generation 4 blurred car
Camera: Generation 4
Car: Pickup truck
Color: White
Additional details (unique): Sometimes you can see a black antenna in the center at the front of the roof. The same applies in the UAE
White pickup-truck Street-View car
In Oman, Street View was filmed from a white pickup—sometimes clearly visible sometimes only white blur
Stop Sign
Stop signs often feature the Arabic word ‘قف’ on a red octagon with a white border.
The standard stop sign version also appears
Red commercial plates
Type: Commercial
Shape: Long
Background: Red
Text: White
Additional details: In Street view blur the left side is heavily whitened, while the right side stays clean and red.
Doubled or tripled utility poles
Utility poles connected with an X (double or triple) can be found in Oman but not in the UAE
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