Gulf of Suez
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northermost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on the map of 1856
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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. [
link] 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. [
link] The entrance of the Gulf lies atop the mature Gemsa oil and gas field. [
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