Gulf of Suez - wikipedia 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 Egypt Coordinates 28 ° 45 ′ N 33 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 28.750 ° N 33.000 ° E ﻿ / 28.750 ; 33.000 Coordinates : 28 ° 45 ′ N 33 ° 00 ′ E ﻿ / ﻿ 28.750 ° N 33.000 ° E ﻿ / 28.750 ; 33.000 Max. length 314 km ( 195 mi ) Max. width 32 km ( 20 mi ) Average depth 40 m ( 130 ft ) Max. depth 70 m ( 230 ft ) Northernmost part of Gulf of Suez with town Suez on the map of 1856 The Gulf of Suez ( Arabic : خليج السويس ‎, translit. khalīǧ as - suwais ; formerly بحر القلزم, baḥar al - qulzum, lit. `` Sea of Calm '' ) is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula. Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba. The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of Suez Rift rift basin, dating back about 26 million years. It stretches some 300 kilometres ( 190 mi ) north by northwest, terminating at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal. Along the mid-line of the gulf is the boundary between Africa and Asia. The entrance of the gulf lies atop the mature Gemsa oil and gas field. Contents 1 Geography 1.1 Extent 2 Geology 3 Ecology 4 References 5 External links 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 ) 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 International Hydrographic Organization defines the southern limit of the gulf as `` A line running from Ras Muhammed ( 27 ° 43'N ) to the South point of Shadwan Island ( 34 ° 02'E ) and thence Westward on a parallel ( 27 ° 27'N ) to the coast of Africa ''. Geology Main article : Gulf of Suez Rift 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. Three large oil fields are in the gulf : the El Morgan discovered in 1964, Belayim discovered in 1955, and the October Field discovered in 1977. The October Field produces from the Cretaceous Nubia Formation, the Upper Cretaceous Nezzazat Formation, the Miocene Nukhul Formation, and the Miocene Asl Member of the Upper Rudeis Formation. Ecology Further information : Persian Gulf § Wildlife References Jump up ^ http://geoinfo.amu.edu.pl/wpk/geos/GEO_2/GEO_PLATE_T-37.HTML Detailed geological information on the Gulf Jump up ^ `` ISS EarthKAM : Images : Collections : Composite : Gulf of Suez, Egypt and Saudi Arabia ''. Archived from the original on 2003 - 10 - 27. Jump up ^ `` USGS Open File Report OF99 - 50 - A Red Sea Basin Province ( Province Geology ) ''. Jump up ^ `` Madiq jubal ''. Tageo.com database of geographic coordinate information. Jump up ^ `` Limits of Oceans and Seas, 3rd edition '' ( PDF ). International Hydrographic Organization. 1953. Retrieved 7 February 2010. ^ Jump up to : Lelek, J.J., Shepherd, D.B., Stone, D.M., and Abdine, A.S., 1992, October Field, In Giant Oil and Gas Fields of the Decade, 1978 - 1988, AAPG Memoir 54, Halbouty, M.T., editor, Tulsa : American Association of Petroleum Geologists, ISBN 0891813330 External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gulf of Suez. 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Question: where is the gulf of suez located on a map
Answer: at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula