Gulf of Suez

E41263

arm of the Red Sea gulf

The Gulf of Suez is a northwestern arm of the Red Sea that separates mainland Egypt from the Sinai Peninsula and serves as the southern entrance to the Suez Canal.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Gulf of Suez canonical	24
Gulf of Suez (distant)	1
Suez	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	arm of the Red Sea ⓘ gulf ⓘ
basinCountry	Egypt ⓘ
belongsTo	Egyptian territorial waters ⓘ
borderedBy	African mainland of Egypt ⓘ Sinai Peninsula ⓘ surface form: Sinai Peninsula of Egypt
climate	arid ⓘ
connectedVia	Suez Canal to Mediterranean Sea ⓘ
connectsTo	Suez Canal ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
formsPartOf	Great Rift Valley system (wider geological context) ⓘ surface form: Great Rift Valley system
hasCityOnCoast	Ain Sokhna ⓘ Ain Sokhna ⓘ surface form: Ras Gharib Ain Sokhna ⓘ surface form: Ras Shukeir Suez ⓘ
hasEconomicActivity	hydrocarbon production ⓘ marine transport ⓘ tourism ⓘ
isImportantFor	Egyptian economy ⓘ global shipping routes ⓘ
isNorthernExtensionOf	Red Sea ⓘ
knownFor	natural gas fields ⓘ oil fields ⓘ
locatedIn	Red Sea ⓘ
locatedInBodyOfWater	Indian Ocean ⓘ surface form: Indian Ocean basin
locatedInCountry	Egypt ⓘ
locatedInRegion	Middle East ⓘ Northeast Africa ⓘ
locatedOnCoastOf	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
northernTerminus	Suez ⓘ
ocean	Indian Ocean ⓘ
parallelTo	Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ
partOf	Red Sea ⓘ
salinity	high ⓘ
separates	Sinai Peninsula ⓘ Egypt ⓘ surface form: mainland Egypt
southernConnection	Red Sea ⓘ
southernEntranceOf	Suez Canal ⓘ
tectonicSetting	rift basin ⓘ
usedFor	fishing ⓘ maritime transport ⓘ shipping ⓘ
waterBodyType	saltwater gulf ⓘ

Referenced by (26)

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

Sinai Peninsula → borderedBy → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Suez Canal → connects → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suez

Gulf of Aden → linkedWaterBody → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Red Sea → hasArm → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Egyptian Navy → operatesIn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Suez → locatedOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → borders → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

South Sinai Governorate → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Suez Governorate → locatedOnWaterbody → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Suez Governorate → bordersWaterbody → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Suez Governorate → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Parting of the Sea of Reeds → hasLocationHypothesizedAs → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Sinai desert → borders → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

subject surface form: Sinai Desert

Operation Raviv → location → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Ain Sokhna → locatedNear → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Egyptian territorial waters → includesArea → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Afro-Arabian Rift System → includesFeature → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Gulf of Suez oil fields → locatedIn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Jabal Katrinah → hasViewOf → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gulf of Suez (distant)

El Tor → locatedOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

El Tor → hasCoastlineOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Ras Mohammed National Park → locatedOn → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Ras Mohammed National Park → borderedBy → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Sinai subplate → includesRegion → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

Hebrew term "Yam Suf" → linkedToLocationDebate → Gulf of Suez ⓘ

subject surface form: Yam Suf

Eastern Egypt → borders → Gulf of Suez ⓘ