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Northernmost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on the map of 1856. The Gulf of Suez (Arabic: خليج السويس, romanized: khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly بحر القلزم, baḥar al-qulzum, lit. "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula.
The Suez Canal (/ ˈ s uː. ɛ z /; Arabic: قَنَاةُ ٱلسُّوَيْسِ, Qanāt as-Suwais) is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt).
Sinai is triangular in shape, with its northern shore lying on the southern Mediterranean Sea, and its southwest and southeast shores on the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba of the Red Sea. It is linked to the African continent by the Isthmus of Suez, 125 kilometres (78 mi) wide strip of land, containing the Suez Canal. The eastern isthmus ...
The Gulf of Suez is entirely bordered by Egypt. The Gulf of Aqaba borders Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In addition to the standard geographical definition of the six countries bordering the Red Sea cited above, areas such as Somalia are sometimes also described as Red Sea territories. This is primarily due to their proximity to and ...
Suez (UK: / ˈ s uː ɪ z /, US: / ˌ s uː ˈ ɛ z /, [3] [4] Egyptian Arabic: السويس, romanized: as-Suways, pronounced [esseˈweːs]) is a seaport city with a population of about 800,000 as of August 2021 in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal.
This is a route-map template for the Suez Canal, a waterway in Egypt.. For a key to symbols, see {{waterways legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 29 January 2025. Large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea 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 Location West Asia Coordinates 28°45′N ...
Gulf of Gabès, gulf on Tunisia's east coast in the Mediterranean Sea, off North Africa; Gulf of Guinea, in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Equatorial Africa; Gulf of Hammamet, in northeastern Tunisia; Gulf of Sirte, on the Mediterranean coast of Libya; Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the Red Sea, leading to the Suez Canal