
Gulf of Aqaba facts for kids
The Gulf of Aqaba (Arabic: خليج العقبة, transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah) 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.
In Hebrew the gulf is called the Gulf of Eilat (Hebrew: מפרץ אילת, transliterated: Mifratz Eilat; Yiddish: אילת איינגאס).
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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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"Isle of Graia Gulf of Akabah Arabia Petraea", 1839 lithograph of a trade caravan by Louis Haghe from an original by David Roberts.

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