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Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Eilat
  • خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة (Arabic)
  • מפרץ אילת (Hebrew)
The Sinai Peninsula with the Gulf of Aqaba to the east and the Gulf of Suez to the west
Gulf of Aqaba is located in Egypt
Gulf of Aqaba
Gulf of Aqaba
LocationWest Asia
Coordinates28°45′N 34°45′E / 28.750°N 34.750°E / 28.750; 34.750
TypeGulf
Primary inflowsRed Sea
Basin countriesEgypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia
Max. length160 km (99 mi)
Max. width24 km (15 mi)
Surface area239 km2 (92 sq mi)
Max. depth1,850 m (6,070 ft)
SettlementsAqaba, Eilat, Taba, Haql, Sharm El Sheikh

The Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة, romanized: Khalīj al-ʿAqaba) or Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, romanized: Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. Its coastline is divided among four countries: Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia. The northernmost coral reef in the world is situated near the Eilat shore.

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on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. The city had a population of 148,398...

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1995 Gulf of Aqaba earthquake

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Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula

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along the Gulf of Aqaba. Israel had plans to expand the settlement of Yamit into a city of up to 200,000 residents. The actual population of Yamit never...

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northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba. The gulf was formed...

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Aqaba Governorate

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Israel from the west, and the Gulf of Aqaba from the southwest. There are two international crossing points in Aqaba Governorate, the Durra Border Crossing...

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Arabah

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and the northern tip of the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea at Aqaba–Eilat. This included the Jordan River Valley between the Sea of Galilee and the Dead...

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Israeli passage through the Suez Canal and Straits of Tiran

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is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, due east of Egypt across the Gulf of Aqaba and south of Jordan. The total planned area of Neom is 26,500 km2 (10...

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Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley...

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Expedition of Tabuk

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led a force of as many as 30,000 north to Tabuk, near the Gulf of Aqaba, in present-day northwestern Saudi Arabia. Following rumours of a Byzantine invasion...

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Wildlife of Jordan

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from a very short stretch of coastline on the Gulf of Aqaba, Jordan is almost completely landlocked. It largely consists of an elevated plateau 700 to...

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Persian Gulf

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Red Sea, the Gulf of Kutch, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba, the Gulf of Aden, and the Gulf of Oman, dolphins and finless porpoises are the most common...

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Jordan

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small coastline along the Red Sea in its southwest, separated by the Gulf of Aqaba from Egypt. Amman is Jordan's capital and largest city, as well as the...

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Dead Sea Transform

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contributed to a series of depressions, or pull-apart basins, forming the Gulf of Aqaba, Dead Sea, Sea of Galilee, and Hula basins. A component of shortening affects...

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Sea of Marmara, the Black Sea, the Caspian Sea, the Persian Gulf, the Gulf of Oman, the Arabian Sea, the Gulf of Aden, the Red Sea, the Gulf of Aqaba, the...

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Straits of Tiran

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Straits of Tiran (Arabic: مضيق تيران Maḍīq Tīrān) are the narrow sea passages between the Sinai and Arabian peninsulas that connect the Gulf of Aqaba and...

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of Jabal Al-Madbah, in a basin surrounded by mountains forming the eastern flank of the Arabah valley running from the Dead Sea to the Gulf of Aqaba....

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Eilat

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as the Gulf of Aqaba. The city is considered a tourist destination for domestic and international tourists heading to Israel. Eilat is part of the Southern...

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Midian

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Haql

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