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The Gulf of Suez Rift is a continental rift zone active between the Late Oligocene (ca. 28 Ma ) and the end of the Miocene (ca. 5 Ma) . It represented a continuation of the Red Sea ...
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The northern end of the Red Sea is bifurcated by the Sinai Peninsula , creating the Gulf of Suez ( Arabic : خليج السويس; transliterated : Khalyj as-Suways) in the west ...
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Part ... Gulf of Suez Arabic : kh alīju s-suways Gulf that is an arm of the Red Sea , touching Egypt , running between the mainland and the Sinai peninsula.

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Gulf of Suez, arm of the Red Sea, northeastern Egypt, between the Sinai Peninsula and the Arabian Desert. It has a length of 290 km (180 mi) with a breadth of 25 to 55 km (15 to 35 mi). At its northern end, which is the extreme northern end of the Red Sea, the Gulf of Suez is connected with the Mediterranean Sea by the Suez Canal.