Khor Sham is located in the Khasab State of Musandam Governorate. The length of this creek is about 20 km, it contains many villages. It can be reached by sea only through traditional vessels. It is a tourist destination for hiking, camping and watching a dolphins. Khor Sham is mediated by a small island called the Telegraph Island. The reason for the designation is that in 1860, this island was used as a base for the telegraph cable (which was extended underwater) to link Basra in Iraq with India.