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] In this panorama view of the southeastern Mediterranean (28. ... In this panorama view of the southeastern Mediterranean (28. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 For other uses of the word Sinai, please see: Sinai (disambiguation). ... Sinai Peninsula, with the Gulf of Aqaba (east) and the Gulf of Suez (west), as viewed from the Space Shuttle STS-40. ... NASAs Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States governments current manned launch vehicle. ... // (total flights to date in parentheses) Bryan D. OConnor (2), Commander Sidney M. Gutierrez (1), Pilot James P. Bagian (2), Mission Specialist 1 Tamara E. Jernigan (1), Mission Specialist 2 M. Rhea Seddon (2), Mission Specialist 3 F. Drew Gaffney (1), Payload Specialist 1 Millie Hughes-Fulford (1), Payload... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 708 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1510 × 1278 pixel, file size: 373 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Suez 1856 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Suez... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 708 × 599 pixel Image in higher resolution (1510 × 1278 pixel, file size: 373 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Suez 1856 File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Suez... Northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on map of 1856. ... 1856 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Location of the Red Sea The Red Sea is an inlet of the Indian Ocean between Africa and Asia. ... Sinai Peninsula, Gulf of Suez (west), Gulf of Aqaba (east) from Space Shuttle STS-40 For other uses of the word Sinai, please see: Sinai (disambiguation). ... Arabic ( or just ) is the largest living member of the Semitic language family in terms of speakers. ... Due to the fact that the Arabic language has a number of phonemes that have no equivalent in English or other European languages, a number of different transliteration methods have been invented to represent certain Arabic characters, due to various conflicting goals: A desire to stay consistent with traditional usage... Sinai Peninsula, with the Gulf of Aqaba (east) and the Gulf of Suez (west), as viewed from the Space Shuttle STS-40. ... USGS image In geology, a rift is a place where the Earths lithosphere is expanding. ... Northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on map of 1856. ... For other uses, see Suez (disambiguation). ... A world map showing the continent of Africa Africa is the worlds second-largest and second most-populous continent, after Asia. ... World map showing the location of Asia. ... Natural gas rig Oil and natural gas are produced by the same geological process: anaerobic decay of organic matter deep under the Earths surface. ...

External links

• A large-scale map of the Gulf
• Satellite photographs of the Gulf, and of the Suez Canal
• Detailed geological information on the Gulf, and a photograph from Apollo 7