The Arabian Peninsula consists of a sovereign country located in Western Asia, occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula called Qatar.
The Arabian Peninsula , simplified Arabia ( الجزيرة العربية , `` Arabian island '' ) is a peninsula of Western Asia situated northeast of Africa on the Arabian plate . The Arabian Peninsula consists of the countries Yemen , Oman , Qatar , Bahrain , Kuwait , Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates , and parts of Jordan and Iraq . Qatar ( [ ˈkætɑːr ] , [ kəˈtɑːr ] قطر [ ˈqɑtˤɑr ] Local vernacular pronunciation : [ ˈɡɪtˤɑr ] ) , officially the State of Qatar , is a sovereign country located in Western Asia , occupying the small Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula .