Gulf of Suez

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Photo, facing north, of the Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west, left in photo), Gulf of Aqaba (east, right in photo) from Space Shuttle STS-40.

northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on the map of 1856

The northern end of the Red Sea is bifurcated by the Sinai Peninsula, creating the Gulf of Suez (Arabic: خليج السويس; transliterated: Khalyj as-Suways) in the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east. The Gulf of Suez is a relatively young rift basin, dating back 40 million years. [1] It stretches some 175 miles north by northeast, terminating at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal. Along the mid-line of the Gulf lies the border between the continents of Africa and Asia. [2] The entrance of the Gulf lies atop the mature Gemsa oil and gas field. [3]

[edit] External links

• A large-scale map of the Gulf
• Satellite photographs of the Gulf, and of the Suez Canal
• [http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-37.HTML Detailed geological information on the Gulf, and a photograph from Apollo 7

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