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Gulf of Aqaba

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Artificial Reefs and Dive Tourism in Eilat, Israel. Dan Wilhelmsson, Marcus C. Öhman, Henrik Ståhl and Yechiam Shlesinger. Ambio, Vol. 27, No. 8, Building Capacity for Coastal Management (Dec., 1998), pp. 764-766 Published by: Allen Press on behalf of Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
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The gulf is one of two gulfs created by the Sinai Peninsula's bifurcation of the northern Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez lying to the west of the peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba to its east. Geologically, the gulf forms the southern end of the
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to the west, it extends from the northern portion of the Red Sea. It reaches a maximum depth of 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) in its central area: the Gulf of Suez is significantly wider but less than 100 m (330 ft) deep.
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Sciara di N.G., Smeenk C., Rudolph P., Addink M., Baldwin R., Cesario A., Costa M., Feingold D., Fumagalli M., Kerem D., Goffman O., Elasar M., Scheinin A., Hadar N.. 2014. Summary review of cetaceans of the Red
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The gulf is one of the most popular diving destinations in the world. About 250,000 dives are performed annually in Eilat's 11 km coastline, and diving represents 10% of the tourism income of this area.
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and other marine biodiversity and has both accidental shipwrecks and vessels deliberately sunk in an effort to provide a habitat for marine organisms and bolster the local dive tourism industry.
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to the east of the northern edge of the gulf is a popular destination. Other destinations are the ruins of the iron-age civilization of Ayla in the city of Aqaba, the site of the World War I
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period. The endemic species are more suitable to the conditions in the Red Sea and the Gulf of Eilat and therefore thrive there more than the oceanic species.
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in Jordan. They are strategically important commercial ports and popular resorts for tourists seeking to enjoy the warm climate. Further south,
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Wilhelmsson, Dan; Öhman, Marcus C.; Ståhl, Henrik; Shlesinger, Yechiam (1998). "Artificial Reefs and Dive Tourism in Eilat, Israel".
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The largest population center is Aqaba, with a population of 148,398 (2015), followed by Eilat with a population of 50,724 (2020).
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Like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, the gulf is one of the world's premier sites for diving. The area is especially rich in
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The gulf measures 24 km (15 mi) at its widest point and stretches some 160 km (100 mi) north from the
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to the Southwest point thereof and thence Westward on a parallel (27°54'N) to the coast of the Sinaï Peninsula".
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At the northern edge, the ancient city of Ayla (in present-day Aqaba) was a commercial hub for the
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built a fleet to support the trade and journeyed south to Punt in a six-month voyage. Thebes used
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The Sinai Peninsula separating the Gulf of Suez to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba, to the east.
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Klinger, Yann; Rivera, Luis; Haessler, Henri; Maurin, Jean-Christophe (August 1999).
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The gulf is east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. With the
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Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea", 1839 lithograph of a trade caravan in
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was the key battle that ended a 500-year Ottoman rule over the
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defines the southern limit of the gulf as "A line running from
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At this northern end of the gulf are three important cities:
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is the largest Saudi Arabian city on the gulf. On Sinai,
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in the Red Sea represents the fauna in the waters of the
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at the head of the gulf is documented as early as the
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The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia
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segments. Movement on one of these faults caused the
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Its coastline is divided among four countries: 2172: 989:Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 168: 425:View of the Gulf of Aqaba near Nuweiba, Egypt. 1295: 1156: 51:Large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea 87: 72: 117:with the Gulf of Aqaba to the east and the 15: 1302: 1288: 1163: 1149: 664:gold or Nub from her conquests south into 16: 1106:"Dugongs in the Red Sea and Gulf of Aden" 949:"Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" 591: 435: 433:to where Israel meets Egypt and Jordan. 420: 412: 24:This is an accepted version of this page 497:International Hydrographic Organization 237:Egypt, Israel, Jordan, and Saudi Arabia 14: 2173: 1283: 1144: 1051:, 1979, עמ' 124–126, 165–157, 239-185 139: 1135:Israel's Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1083:United Nations Environment Programme 704:at the head of the gulf date to the 342: 318: 88: 73: 48: 1137:– a joint Israel-Jordan initiative 829:Coral World Underwater Observatory 393:in the world is situated near the 49: 2252: 1124: 2153: 2152: 2140: 1085:. 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Index

latest accepted revision
reviewed
Arabic
Hebrew

Sinai Peninsula
Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Aqaba is located in Egypt
West Asia
28°45′N 34°45′E / 28.750°N 34.750°E / 28.750; 34.750
Type
Primary inflows
Red Sea
Basin
Aqaba
Eilat
Taba
Haql
Sharm El Sheikh
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romanized
Hebrew
romanized
gulf
Red Sea
Sinai Peninsula
Arabian Peninsula
Egypt
Israel
Jordan

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