Gulf of Aqaba

The Gulf of Aqaba, also known as the Gulf of Eilat, is a gulf located in Asia, in the Middle East, separating the Sinai Peninsula of the Arabian peninsula, and whose waters communicate with the Red Sea through the Straits of Tiran. Its maximum depth is 1,829 meters.

Its coasts politically belong to Israel, Egypt, Saudi Arabia and Jordan, and the main ports are Taba (Egypt), Eilat (Israel) and Aqaba (Jordan); These last two cities are the ones that usually give their name to this gulf according to each case.

Delimitation of the IHO

The highest international authority on the delimitation of seas, the International Hydrographic Organization (IHO), considers the Gulf of Aqaba as a sea. In his world reference publication, "Limits of oceans and seas" (Limits of oceans and seas, 3rd edition of 1953), he assigns it the identification number 35 and defines it as follows:

South.
A line from Ràs Fasma to the southwest to Requiem Island (27°57'N, 34°36'E) crossing Tiran Island to the south-west tip out and from there to the west on the parallel (27°54'N) to the coast of the Sinai Peninsula.

Limits of oceans and you are, p. 19.