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May 12, 2021 · The evidence seems compelling: Jabal al-Lawz/Maqla must be Mount Sinai, and the Gulf of Aqaba must have been the location of the Red Sea crossing. View east from the Sinai Peninsula across the Gulf of Aqaba. The “Midian Mountains” can be seen in the background (part of a mountain range that includes Jabal al-Lawz).
Jan 1, 2015 · The Red Sea, also known as Bahr al Ahmar in Arabic, is a semi-enclosed, elongated warm body of water about 2,000 km long with a maximum width of 355 km, a surface area of roughly 458,620 km 2, and a volume of ~250,000 km 3 (Head 1987 ). It includes 3.8 % of the world’s coral reefs (Sea Around Us 2007 ).
The Red Sea proper is up to 350 km wide and has a maximum depth of 2,800 m, but its average depth is only ∼450 m, since around 40% of the Red Sea is shallower than 100 m. The Gulf of Suez is about 320 km long and 70 km wide, with a maximum depth of less than 100 m, while the Gulf of Aqaba is 180 km long and up to 25 km wide with an average ...
Feb 8, 2024 · That exodus is a big deal: The Suez Canal, which connects the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea, accounts for 10-15% of world trade, which includes oil exports, and for 30% of global container ...
Red Sea. Red Sea, ancient Sinus Arabicus or Erythraean Sea, narrow sea, c.170,000 sq mi (440,300 sq km), c.1,450 mi (2,330 km) long and up to 225 mi (362 km) wide, between Africa (Egypt, Sudan, and Eritrea) and the Arabian peninsula (Saudi Arabia and Yemen); a part of the Great Rift Valley. The Gulf of Aqaba and the Gulf of Suez are the sea's ...
Mar 30, 2023 · The length of the Red Sea is 1,900 km (1,181 mi), which represents 79% of the eastern Red Sea. The maximum width of the Red Sea is 306–354 km (190–220 mi), and the minimum width is 26–29 km (16–18 mi). The average width of the Red Sea is 280 km (174 mi). The Red Sea is a long, narrow strip of water located between Africa and Asia.
Apr 7, 2023 · By YARON ZILBERSTEIN/WALLA! APRIL 7, 2023 05:52. "Pharaoh's army engulfed by the Red Sea," oil on canvas, by Frederick Arthur Bridgman (1900). (photo credit: Frederick Arthur Bridgman/Wikimedia ...
