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Gulf of Suez : ウィキペディア英語版 | Gulf of Suez The northern end of the Red Sea bifurcates into the Sinai Peninsula, creating the Gulf of Suez ((アラビア語:خليج السويس); transliterated: ''khalīǧ as-suwais''; formerly: بحر القلزم, transliterated: ''baḥar al-qulzum'') in the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east. The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of Suez Rift rift basin, dating back about 28 million years.〔http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-37.HTML Detailed geological information on the Gulf〕 It stretches some north by northwest, terminating at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal. Along the mid-line of the gulf is the boundary between Africa and Asia.〔(ISS EarthKAM: Images: Collections: Composite: Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Saudi Arabia )〕 The entrance of the gulf lies atop the mature Gemsa oil and gas field.〔〕 ==Geography== The gulf occupies the northwestern arm of the Red Sea between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It is the third arm of the triple junction rift system, the second arm being the Gulf of Aqaba. The length of the gulf, from its mouth at the Strait of Jubal to its head at the city of Suez, is , and it varies in width from .
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