Gulf of Aden

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body of water gulf sea area

The Gulf of Aden is a vital waterway in the northwestern Indian Ocean between Yemen and the Horn of Africa, serving as a key maritime route linking the Red Sea and Suez Canal to the Arabian Sea.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Aden Bay 1
Gulf of Aden (via Gulf of Tadjoura) 1
Gulf of Aden region 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf body of water ⓘ
gulf ⓘ
sea area ⓘ
approximateLength about 900 kilometers ⓘ
approximateWidth about 500 kilometers at widest point ⓘ
bordersCountry Djibouti ⓘ
Somalia ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
climate arid coastal climate ⓘ
connectedBy Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
connectedTo Arabian Sea ⓘ
Red Sea ⓘ
connectsToVia Suez Canal ⓘ
economicImportance fishing grounds ⓘ
global trade route ⓘ
geologicalSetting oceanic rift basin ⓘ
part of the Afar Triple Junction region ⓘ
hasPort Port of Aden ⓘ
Port of Berbera ⓘ
Port of Djibouti ⓘ
knownFor high volume of maritime traffic ⓘ
piracy incidents ⓘ
linkedWaterBody Gulf of Suez ⓘ
Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
linkedWaterway Bab-el-Mandeb Strait ⓘ
surface form: Bab-el-Mandeb

Suez Canal ⓘ
locatedBetween Horn of Africa ⓘ
Yemen ⓘ
locatedIn northwestern Indian Ocean ⓘ
maximumDepth over 2700 meters ⓘ
namedAfter Aden ⓘ
surface form: city of Aden
nearCity Aden ⓘ
partOf Indian Ocean ⓘ
key maritime route between Mediterranean Sea and Indian Ocean ⓘ
patrolledBy multinational naval forces ⓘ
region Horn of Africa ⓘ
Middle East ⓘ
salinity higher than average open ocean salinity ⓘ
securityConcern maritime piracy ⓘ
terrorism risk to shipping ⓘ
shippingLane route between Europe and Asia via Suez Canal ⓘ
strategicImportance major sea lane of communication ⓘ
subjectOf international anti-piracy naval operations ⓘ
surfaceCurrent seasonally reversing monsoon-driven currents ⓘ
usedFor container shipping ⓘ
international shipping ⓘ
oil transport ⓘ
waterType saltwater ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

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

EUNAVFOR Atalanta → areaOfOperation → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
U.S. Fifth Fleet → areaOfOperations → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Arabian Peninsula → borderedBy → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Somali Current → borderedBy → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Aden region
Southern Arabia → borderedBy → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Horn of Africa → borders → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Yemen → coastlineOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Arabian Sea → connectedTo → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Tadjoura → connectedTo → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Oman → connectedWaterBody → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → connects → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Yemeni Highlands → drainsTo → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Aden → hasBay → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Aden Bay
Djibouti → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Somalia → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Arab world → hasGulf → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Northeast Africa → hasMajorSeaCoast → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Tadjoura → hasNearbyBodyOfWater → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gulf of Aden (via Gulf of Tadjoura)
Arabian Plate → hasOceanicCrustAlong → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Red Sea → hasOutflow → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Western Indo-Pacific → includes → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Bab-el-Mandeb Strait → linkedTo → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Crater → locatedNear → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Colony of Aden → locatedOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Djibouti City → locatedOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Maalla → locatedOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Steamer Point → locatedOn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Aden → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Djibouti → locatedOnBodyOfWater → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Tadjoura → locatedOnCoastOf → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Tadjoura → opensInto → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Saudi Arabian Navy → operatesIn → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Gulf of Tadjoura → partOf → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
Somali Sea region → partOf → Gulf of Aden ⓘ
this entity surface form: Horn of Africa maritime region