The northeastern arm of the Red Sea, bordered by Egypt, Israel, Jordan and Saudi Arabia, and prized for coral reefs at its northern tip. It provides Jordan and Israel their only direct sea access to the Red Sea and Indian Ocean.
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Source Gulf of Aqaba - Wikipedia
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1. Gulf of Aqaba - Wikipedia
Infobox, surface area field
Surface area: 3,680 km2 (1,420 sq mi)
Lead section, extent sentence
stretches some 160 km (100 mi) north from the Straits of Tiran
Lead section, maximum depth sentence
It reaches a maximum depth of 1,850 metres (6,070 ft) in its central area
Infobox, coordinates field (latitude)
28°45′N 34°45′E / 28.750°N 34.750°E / 28.750; 34.750
Infobox, coordinates field (longitude)
28°45′N 34°45′E / 28.750°N 34.750°E / 28.750; 34.750
Shaped By: Strike-Slip Faulting, Geology section
It contains three small pull-apart basins, the Elat Deep, Aragonese Deep and Dakar Deep, formed between four left lateral strike-slip fault segments.
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