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The Gulf of Aqaba ( Arabic: خَلِيج الْعَقَبَة, romanized :Khalīj al-ʿAqaba) or Gulf of Eilat ( Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, romanized :Mifrátz Eilát) is a large gulf at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. Its coastline is divided among four countries: Egypt, Israel ...
Feb 17, 2021 · The Gulf of Aqaba is located along the southeastern edge of the Sinai Peninsula and to the west of the Arabian Peninsula. The Gulf of Aqaba is bordered by the countries of Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.
- Diptarka Ghosh
The Gulf of Aqaba is part of the complex East African Rift System, and its head touches the Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian, and Saudi Arabian boundaries. Although Dhahab (Dahab), Egypt, is the only sheltered harbour along the gulf, Jordan and Israel created the ports of Al-ʿAqabah and Elat, respectively, as outlets to the Red Sea and the Indian ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Gulf of Aqaba stretches north from the Straits of Tiran to a point where the border of Israel meets the borders of Egypt and Jordan. At this northern end of the Gulf are three important cities: Taba in Egypt, Eilat in Israel, and Aqaba in Jordan.
Jordan gained 19 kilometers of land on the Gulf of Aqaba and 6,000 square kilometers of territory in the interior, and 7,000 square kilometers of Jordanian-administered, landlocked territory was ceded to Saudi Arabia.
The Gulf of Aqaba borders Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In addition to the standard geographical definition of the six countries bordering the Red Sea cited above, areas such as Somalia are sometimes also described as Red Sea territories.
The northeastern branch of the Red Sea is the Gulf of Aqaba. It is bordered by four countries: Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia. The port at Aqaba is Jordan's only access to the world's oceans.
