Sinai Peninsula

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land bridge peninsula

The Sinai Peninsula is a triangular land bridge between Africa and Asia, known for its desert landscapes, strategic location, and religious and historical significance.

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All labels observed (29)

Label	Occurrences
Sinai Peninsula canonical	134
Sinai	14
Sinai Peninsula region	5
Sinai Mountains	3
Sinai region	3
Sinai and Palestine	2
Egypt (Sinai Peninsula)	1
Egyptian Sinai mountains	1
Egyptian territory in Sinai	1
Sinai (in part, historically)	1
Sinai Peninsula (Egyptian side)	1
Sinai Peninsula (parts)	1
Sinai Peninsula (traditional identification)	1
Sinai Peninsula (until its return to Egypt)	1
Sinai Peninsula across the Gulf of Aqaba	1
Sinai Peninsula in Asia	1
Sinai Peninsula of Egypt	1
Sinai in Egypt (disputed with Church of Sinai)	1
Sinai region (traditional identification)	1
Sinai wilderness	1
Sinai–Suez area	1
South Sinai Mountains	1
South Sinai mountains	1
Suez Canal region	1
Western Sinai	1
Wilderness of Sinai	1
central Sinai	1
northeastern Sinai	1
wilderness of Sinai	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	land bridge ⓘ peninsula ⓘ
borderedBy	Gulf of Aqaba ⓘ Gulf of Suez ⓘ Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
climate	arid ⓘ desert climate ⓘ
connectedTo	African continent ⓘ Asia ⓘ surface form: Asian continent
contains	Dahab ⓘ El Arish ⓘ Mount Sinai ⓘ Saint Catherine ⓘ Sharm El Sheikh ⓘ Taba ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ Asia ⓘ
country	Egypt ⓘ
economicActivity	oil and gas production ⓘ phosphate mining ⓘ tourism ⓘ
hasShape	triangular ⓘ
highestPoint	Mount Catherine ⓘ
historicalEvent	Arab–Israeli conflict ⓘ surface form: Arab–Israeli conflicts Six-Day War ⓘ Suez Crisis ⓘ Yom Kippur War ⓘ
knownFor	desert landscapes ⓘ historical significance ⓘ religious significance ⓘ strategic location ⓘ
locatedIn	Egypt ⓘ
partOf	Egypt ⓘ
region	North Sinai Governorate ⓘ South Sinai Governorate ⓘ
religiousTradition	Christianity ⓘ Islam ⓘ Judaism ⓘ
returnBasis	Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty ⓘ
returnedBy	Israel ⓘ
returnedTo	Egypt ⓘ
seaAdjacentTo	Mediterranean Sea ⓘ Red Sea ⓘ
strategicImportance	control of Suez Canal approaches ⓘ land bridge between Africa and Asia ⓘ
terrain	desert ⓘ mountainous areas ⓘ
tourismType	beach tourism ⓘ diving tourism ⓘ religious tourism ⓘ

Referenced by (184)

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

Egypt → hasPart → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

UN peacekeepers → firstLargeDeploymentLocation → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Suez Canal region

Suez Crisis → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Sinai → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Canaan → borderedBy → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Moses → associatedWithPlace → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Wilderness of Sinai

Orthodox Church of Jerusalem → hasJurisdictionOver → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Six-Day War → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

United Nations Emergency Force → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

St. John Climacus → placeOfActivity → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Arab–Israeli War of 1948 → conflictIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

War of Attrition → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Yom Kippur War → tookPlaceIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Sa'ka Forces → operatesIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Egyptian Air Defense Forces → operatesIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Egyptian Border Guard Forces → operatesIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Arab–Israeli peace process → involvesTerritory → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Sinai II disengagement agreement → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Saint Catherine → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Saint Catherine → region → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Islamic State of Iraq and Syria → operatesIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Gulf of Suez → separates → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Gulf of Suez → borderedBy → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Peninsula of Egypt

Asomtavruli → earliestInscriptionsLocation → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Book of Numbers → setting → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai wilderness

Port Said → near → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Taba → partOf → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Isthmus of Suez → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Peninsula region

Isthmus of Suez → formsLandBoundaryBetween → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Peninsula in Asia

Suez → nearbyGeographicFeature → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Catherine → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Mount Catherine → partOf → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Mountains

Egyptology → geographicFocus → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Negev desert → borders → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Sahure → launchedExpeditionTo → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Middle Eastern theatre of World War I → includedRegion → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

North Sinai Governorate → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

North Sinai Governorate → region → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

North Sinai Governorate → locatedWestOf → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: South Sinai mountains

South Sinai Governorate → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Sharm El Sheikh → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Tripartite Aggression → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Dahab → locatedOnCoastOf → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

El Arish → locatedInRegion → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

El Arish → historicalRegion → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai

Mediterranean theatre of World War I → location → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

the Mountain of God → candidateLocation → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Saint Catherine’s Monastery → locatedIn → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

Rafah Crossing → region → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sinai Peninsula (Egyptian side)

Israeli Military Governorate → appliesToJurisdiction → Sinai Peninsula ⓘ