Gulf of Aqaba facts for kids

the Gulf of Eilat with the Red Sea from a satellite

The Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خليج العقبة‎code: ar is deprecated , transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah) or Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, transliterated: Mifratz Eilat) is a wide gulf between the Sinai Peninsula in Egypt and west of the Arabian Peninsula in Saudi Arabia. The gulf is an extension of the Red Sea. It is 170 kilometres (110 mi) long and 26 km (16 mi) wide. At this northern end of the Gulf are three cities: Taba in Egypt, Eilat in Israel, and Aqaba in Jordan.

Images for kids

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  The Sinai Peninsula separating the Gulf of Suez to the west and the Gulf of Aqaba, to the east.

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  The city of Aqaba is the largest on the gulf

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  Taba beach

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  "Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea", 1839 lithograph of a trade caravan in The Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia, Egypt, and Nubia, by Louis Haghe from an original by David Roberts.

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  Red Sea coral and marine fish