Everything about Gulf Of Eilat totally explained
The
Gulf of Aqaba (
Arabic: خليج العقبة;
transliterated: Khalyj al-'Aqabah), in
Israel known as the
Gulf of Eilat (
Hebrew: מפרץ אילת,
transliterated: Mifratz Eilat) is a large
gulf of the
Red Sea. It is located to the east of the
Sinai peninsula and west of the
Arabian mainland.
Egypt,
Israel,
Jordan, and
Saudi Arabia all have coastlines on the Gulf of Aqaba.
The Gulf of Aqaba is one of two gulfs created by the
Sinai Peninsula's bifurcation of the northern
Red Sea, the
Gulf of Suez lying to the west of the Sinai Peninsula and the Gulf of Aqaba lying to its east. The Gulf of Aqaba measures 24 km at its widest point and stretches some 160 km 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. All three cities serve both as strategically important commercial ports and as popular resort destinations for tourists seeking to enjoy the warm climate of the region. Further south,
Haql is the largest Saudi Arabian city on the gulf. On Sinai,
Sharm el-Sheikh and
Dahab are the major centers.
The Gulf of Aqaba, like the coastal waters of the Red Sea, is one of the world's premier sites for diving.The area is especially rich in coral and other marine biodiversity and contains a number of underwater wrecks, some accidental shipwrecks, others vessels deliberately sunk in an effort to provide a habitat for marine organisms and bolster the local dive tourism industry.
Geologically, the Gulf of Aqaba is an integral part of the
Great Rift Valley that runs from
East Africa through the Red Sea and northwards towards the rift valley containing the
Dead Sea.
Amateur archaeologist
Ron Wyatt claimed to have discovered evidence that the Gulf of Aqaba was the body of water crossed by Moses during the
Passage of the Red Sea as told in the Book of
Exodus. He based this on the fact that Egyptian chariots wheels were found 2/3 of the way up the gulf deep in the water. The wheels were confirmed by an Egyptologist to be genuine artifacts dating back to the 18th dynasty. A shallow "land bridge" spans the gulf near
Nuweiba, which is reputed by some to be the site of the
Passage of the Red Sea.
An Egyptian naval
blockade against all Israeli shipping through the
Straits of Tiran (the southern opening of this gulf) was the immediate cause of the 1967
Six Day War.
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