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Apr 15, 2024 · Suez Canal, sea-level waterway running north-south across the Isthmus of Suez in Egypt to connect the Mediterranean and Red seas. It separates the African continent from Asia, and it provides the shortest maritime route between Europe and the lands lying around the Indian and western Pacific oceans.
Apr 5, 2021 · The Suez Canal, excavated from 1859 to 1869, is owned by the government of Egypt and managed by the Suez Canal Authority. The canal is a critical shipping artery, serving over 50 vessels or ships daily. Map of the Suez Canal.
- John Misachi
Coordinates: 30°42′18″N 32°20′39″E. The Suez Canal ( 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).
Suez, port at the head of the Gulf of Suez and at the southern terminal of the Suez Canal, northern Egypt. Together with its two harbors, Port Ibrāhīm and Port Tawfīq (Tewfik), and a large portion of the Eastern Desert, Suez constitutes the urban muḥāfaẓah (governorate) of Al-Suways.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Satellite image of the northern part of the Suez Canal in Egypt. As we’ve seen through an examination of its history, the Suez Canal stands as an emblem of human ingenuity, a waterway carved through the desert to create a vital link for maritime trade between the Mediterranean and Red Seas.
Feb 16, 2018 · The Suez Canal stretches 120 miles from Port Said on the Mediterranean Sea in Egypt southward to the city of Suez (located on the northern shores of the Gulf of Suez). The canal separates the...
Suez is a seaport city 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, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. Suez Canal. Type: Canal. Description: artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt. Categories: ship canal and body of water.
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