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    The Gulf of Suez (Arabic: خليج السويس, romanized: khalīǧ as-suwais; formerly بحر القلزم, baḥar al-qulzum, lit. "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern...
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    on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate. It has...
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    The gulf is east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula. With the Gulf of Suez to the west, it extends from the northern portion of the...
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  • northern extremity of the Heroopolite Gulf (Gulf of Suez), in the Red Sea. Arsinoe was the capital of the Heroopolite nome, and one of the principal harbors...
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    The Gulf of Suez Rift is a continental rift zone that was active between the Late Oligocene (c. 28 Ma) and the end of the Miocene (c. 5 Ma). It represented...
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    Suez Canal, the boundary between the continents of Africa and Asia. To the south is the Gulf of Suez, dividing mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula...
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    part of the country and is coterminous with the city of Suez. It is situated north of the Gulf of Suez. The governorate is divided into the following municipal...
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    Altay-class oiler (category Cold War naval ships of the Soviet Union)
    northern part of the Gulf of Suez when Kola collided with civilian bulk carrier Ark Royal. The two ships, which were both approaching Suez, sustained light...
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    Red Sea (redirect from Sea of Mecca)
    Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez (leading to the Suez Canal). It is underlain by the Red Sea Rift, which is part of the Great Rift Valley...
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    For 30 days accumulated service in the Gulf of Suez between 15 August 1984 and 15 October 1984. In the summer of 1984, magnetic sea mines damaged at least...
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    located where older crustal structures intersect the rift axis. In the Gulf of Suez rift, the Zaafarana accommodation zone is located where a shear zone...
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    an increased Soviet naval presence in the Gulf. The importance of the Gulf of Aden declined when the Suez Canal was closed, but it was revitalized when...
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    Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia (and by extension, the Sinai Peninsula from the rest of Egypt). The 193.30-kilometre-long...
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    The Suez Port (also called Port Tawfiq) is an Egyptian port located at the northern tip of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea at southern entrance of the...
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  • Sea. Gulf of Sirte, just north of Libya in the Mediterranean Spencer Gulf, near Port Lincoln, South Australia Gulf of Suez in the northern end of the Red...
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    I had intended. — Darius I, Darius the Great's Suez Inscriptions In Sassanian times, the Persian Gulf was called Pūdīg, which comes from Avestan: Pūitika...
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    Gulf Saronic Gulf Petalioi Gulf South Euboean Gulf North Euboean Gulf Malian Gulf Pagasetic Gulf Thermaic Gulf Thracian Sea Strymonian Gulf Gulf of Saros...
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    then south, covering Adan's flank and eventually moving south of Suez City to the Gulf of Suez. The United Nations Security Council passed (14–0) Resolution...
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    Aqaba, the Gulf of Suez, and the Mediterranean Sea. West Asia contains the majority of the similarly defined Middle East, but excludes most of Egypt and...
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    the Suez-Mediterranean Pipeline) is an oil pipeline in Egypt, running from the Ain Sokhna terminal in the Gulf of Suez, the northernmost terminus of the...
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    Said on the Mediterranean Sea, 10 km (5.4 nmi) from Suez Port on the Gulf of Suez, near the village of Manshiyet Rugola. The ship turned sideways, unable...
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    The Gulf of Guinea is the northeasternmost part of the tropical Atlantic Ocean from Cape Lopez in Gabon, north and west to Cape Palmas in Liberia. Null...
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    The Gulf of Oman or Sea of Oman (Arabic: خليج عمان khalīj ʿumān; Persian: دریای عمان daryâ-ye omân), also known as Gulf of Makran or Sea of Makran (Arabic:...
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    The Gulf of Tonkin is a gulf at the northwestern portion of the South China Sea, located off the coasts of Tonkin (northern Vietnam) and South China. It...
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    Ain Sokhna (category Hot springs of Egypt)
    town in the Suez Governorate, lying on the western shore of the Red Sea's Gulf of Suez. It is situated 55 kilometres (34 mi) south of Suez and approximately...
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  • Yam Suph (redirect from Sea of Reeds)
    Egypt, specifically in the Suez valley next to the Sinai Peninsula, and north of the Gulf of Suez. It could also be the Gulf of Aqaba, which is referred...
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    The Gulf of Sidra (Arabic: خليج السدرة, romanized: Khalij as-Sidra, also known as the Gulf of Sirte (Arabic: خليج سرت, romanized: Khalij Surt, is a body...
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    majority of Egypt's landscape is desert, with a few scattered oases. It has long coastlines on the Mediterranean Sea, the Gulf of Suez, the Gulf of Aqaba...
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  • project aimed to increase the role of the Suez Canal region in international trade and to develop the canal cities of Suez, Ismailia, and Port Said. The project...
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    The Gulf of Carpentaria (/kɑːrpənˈtɛəriə/) is a sea off the northern coast of Australia. It is enclosed on three sides by northern Australia and bounded...
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