The Gulf of Aqaba is a deep and narrow basin in the northeast of the Red Sea .
This semi enclosed gulf is about 180 km long and 14 km wide and reaches a depth of up to 1800 m.
In the south it is connected to the Red Sea by the narrow (≈2 km width) Strait of Tiran.
The Gulf of Aqaba is part of the complex East African Rift System, and its head touches the Egyptian, Israeli, Jordanian, and Saudi Arabian boundaries.
