Ormara

Ormara stands on the Makran coast beside a distinctive hammerhead-shaped peninsula, joined to the mainland by a narrow neck of sand. The rocky headland shelters bays on either side, and the eastern bay provides an anchorage. Along this dry coast fishing settlements occupy beaches between cliffs and barren hills, with few dependable sources of fresh water. Ormara's projecting cape is one of a series of striking headlands that break the long shoreline between the Indus country and the Persian Gulf.