Gulf of Suez

Gulf of Suez
Gulf of Suez
	Visible bodies are the Gulf of Suez (west, left in photo), the Gulf of Aqaba (east, right in photo), and the Red Sea (south, bottom left in photo). Photo dated February 2009.
Location	North Africa and West Asia
Coordinates	28°45′N 33°00′E / 28.750°N 33.000°E
Basin countries	Egypt
Max. length	314 km (195 mi)
Max. width	32 km (20 mi)
Average depth	40 m (130 ft)
Max. depth	70 m (230 ft)

The Gulf of Suez (

gas field.^[3]

The gulf is considered one of the world's important maritime zones due to being an entrance to the Suez Canal.

Geography

The gulf occupies the northwestern arm of the Red Sea between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula. It is the third arm of the triple junction rift system, the second arm being the Gulf of Aqaba.

The length of the gulf, from its mouth at the Strait of Gubal (alternate name: Strait of Jubal)^[4] to its head at the city of Suez, is 195 miles (314 km), and it varies in width from 12 to 20 miles (19 to 32 km).

Extent

The

Shadwan Island (34°02'E) and thence Westward on a parallel (27°27'N) to the coast of Africa".^[5]

Geology

The Gems Field was discovered in 1869, but did not produce until 1910. The Hurghada Field produced in 1913. By 1998, over 1900 wells had been drilled and 120 fields identified. The major oil source rock is the

Member in particular, which is 25–70 m (82–230 ft) thick in the gulf.^[6]

The gulf sedimentary basin stratigraphic section consists of prerift Paleozoic to Oligocene clastic rocks and carbonates, and synrift and postrift Miocene to Holocene clastics and evaporites.^[7]^: 236 Three large oil fields are in the gulf: the

Upper Cretaceous Nezzazat Formation, the Miocene Nukhul Formation, and the Miocene Asl Member of the Upper Rudeis Formation.^[7]

^: 236

Ecology

References

^ http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-37.HTML Detailed geological information on the Gulf
^ "ISS EarthKAM: Images: Collections: Composite: Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Saudi Arabia". Archived from the original on 2003-10-27.
^ "USGS Open File Report OF99-50-A Red Sea Basin Province (Province Geology)".
^ "Madiq jubal". Tageo.com database of geographic coordinate information.
^ "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2020.
^ Lindquist, Sandra (1998). The Red Sea Province: Sudr-Nubia(!) and Maqna(!) Petroleum Systems, USGS Open File Report 99-50-A. US Dept. of the Interior. pp. 6, 8.
^
ISBN 0891813330

External links

Satellite photographs of the Gulf, and of the Suez Canal

[1] ttp://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-37.HTML Detailed geological information on the Gulf

[2] "ISS EarthKAM: Images: Collections: Composite: Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Saudi Arabia". Archived from the original on 2003-10-27.

[3] "USGS Open File Report OF99-50-A Red Sea Basin Province (Province Geology)".

[4] "Madiq jubal". Tageo.com database of geographic coordinate information.

[5] "Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition" (PDF). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Archived from the original (PDF) on 8 October 2011. Retrieved 28 December 2020.

[6] Lindquist, Sandra (1998). The Red Sea Province: Sudr-Nubia(!) and Maqna(!) Petroleum Systems, USGS Open File Report 99-50-A. US Dept. of the Interior. pp. 6, 8.

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