Sinai desert

E129763

desert geographical region peninsula

The Sinai Desert is a vast arid peninsula in northeastern Egypt, historically significant as a crossroads between Africa and Asia and as a major site of biblical and early Christian monastic tradition.

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All labels observed (7)

Label	Occurrences
Sinai Desert	5
Sinai desert canonical	3
Sinai wilderness	3
Sinai	2
Egyptian Desert	1
Wilderness of Sinai	1
southern Sinai mountains	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	desert ⓘ geographical region ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
area	about 60000 square kilometers ⓘ
borders	Gaza Strip ⓘ Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Aqaba coastline ⓘ surface form: Gulf of Aqaba coast of Saudi Arabia Gulf of Suez ⓘ Israel ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ
contains	Dahab ⓘ El Arish ⓘ Jebel Musa ⓘ surface form: Gebel Musa Mount Sinai ⓘ Nuweiba ⓘ Saint Catherine ⓘ Saint Catherine’s Monastery ⓘ surface form: Saint Catherine's Monastery Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ Taba ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Catherine ⓘ
highestPointElevation	about 2629 meters ⓘ
historicalSignificance	crossroads between Africa and Asia ⓘ route for ancient trade and military campaigns ⓘ
indigenousPeople	Bedouin communities ⓘ surface form: Bedouin
locatedIn	northeastern Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn	Sinai Peninsula ⓘ
naturalResource	manganese ⓘ natural gas ⓘ oil ⓘ
partOf	Egyptian territory ⓘ Middle East ⓘ
periodOfOccupation	1967–1982 ⓘ
populationCharacteristic	sparsely populated ⓘ
religiousSignificance	associated with biblical Exodus narrative ⓘ major site of early Christian monasticism ⓘ pilgrimage destination ⓘ
returnBasis	Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty ⓘ surface form: Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty of 1979
returnedTo	Egypt ⓘ
strategicImportance	controls land bridge between Africa and Asia ⓘ overlooks Suez Canal approaches ⓘ
tourismActivity	Red Sea coastal tourism ⓘ desert trekking ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ
wasOccupiedBy	Israel ⓘ

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

St. John Climacus → associatedWith → Sinai desert ⓘ

Anthony the Great → associatedWith → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Egyptian Desert

South Sinai Governorate → containsDesert → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Desert

Jebel Musa → range → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: southern Sinai mountains

Mosaic covenant → locationOfEstablishment → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilderness of Sinai

On Eagle’s Wings (novel by A. E. Southon) → settingPlace → Sinai desert ⓘ

subject surface form: On Eagle’s Wings

this entity surface form: Sinai Desert

Arabia Petraea → contains → Sinai desert ⓘ

John Scholasticus of Sinai → placeOfActivity → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Exodus 28 → locationContext → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai wilderness

Israelites’ wilderness wanderings → hasPrimaryLocation → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai wilderness

Saint Catherine Protectorate → partOf → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Desert

wilderness of Paran (in biblical tradition) → relatedConcept → Sinai desert ⓘ

subject surface form: Wilderness of Paran

this entity surface form: Sinai wilderness

Weni the Elder → ledCampaignInRegion → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

The Life of Moses → hasSetting → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Desert

Augustan wars → hasLocation → Sinai desert ⓘ

Battle of Romani → place → Sinai desert ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Desert