The Great Bitter Lake from space

For other places called Bitter Lake, see Bitter Lake.

The Great Bitter Lake is a salt water lake between the north and south part of the Suez Canal. It is adjoined by the Small Bitter Lake, separated by a contraction. Together, the Bitter Lakes has a surface area of about 250 km². To the north, the canal also runs trough Lake Manzala and Lake Timsah. Download high resolution version (1024x768, 675 KB)NASA orbital photo of the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt. ... Download high resolution version (1024x768, 675 KB)NASA orbital photo of the Great Bitter Lake in Egypt. ... Bitter Lake can refer to a number of things: Bitter Lake is the name of a lake in the state of New Mexico, near Roswell Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge surrounds Bitter Lake in New Mexico Bitter Lake is the name of a lake in North Seattle, Washington Bitter Lake... 1881 drawing of the Suez Canal The Suez Canal (Arabic, Qanā al-Suways), west of the Sinai Peninsula, is a 163-km (118-mile) maritime canal in Egypt between Port Said (Būr Saīd) on the Mediterranean Sea and Suez (al-Suways) on the Red Sea. ...

As the canal has no locks, sea water flows freely into the lake from the Mediterranean and the Red Sea, replacing water lost to evaporation. The lake acts as a buffer for the canal, reducing the effect of tidal currents. The Mediterranean Sea is an intercontinental sea positioned between Europe to the north, Africa to the south and Asia to the east, covering an approximate area of 2. ... Conshelf II in the Red Sea (Sudan) The Red Sea (Arabic البحر الأحمر Baḥr al-Aḥmar, al-Baḥru l-’Aḥmar; Hebrew ים סוף Yam Suf) is a gulf or basin of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Evaporation is the process whereby atoms or molecules in a liquid state (or solid state if the substance sublimes) gain sufficient energy to enter the gaseous state. ...

During the Six-Day War in 1967, the canal was closed, leaving 14 ships trapped in the lake until 1975. These ships became known as the "Yellow Fleet", because of the desert sands which soon covered their decks. A number of local postage stamps (or rather, decorative labels, since they had no postal validity) were created by the crews, which are sought after by collectors. The Six-Day War, also known as the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Six Days War, or June War, was fought between Israel and its Arab neighbors Egypt, Jordan, and Syria. ... This 1974 stamp from Japan depicts a Class 8620 steam locomotive. ...

External Links

• Melampus in Suez (http://www.lairig.freeserve.co.uk/bluefunnel/melampus/melampus.htm)- the tale of a sailor of the MS Melampus, one of the ships trapped in the lake in 1967.