Wādī Murākh
Wādī Murākh is a wadi in North Sinai Governorate, Egypt.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Pharaoh’s Island and Solar Lake.
Pharaoh’s Island
Islet
Photo: Abdozaghloul, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Pharaoh's Island, whose current popular name is Coral Island, is a small island in the northern Gulf of Aqaba some 250 metres east off the shore of Egypt's eastern Sinai Peninsula. Some scholars identify this island port with biblical Ezion-Geber. Pharaoh’s Island is situated 3 km east of Wādī Murākh.
Solar Lake
Solar Lake is a saline desert lake located on the edge of the Red Sea, about 18 km south of Eilat in the Sinai Peninsula, Taba, Egypt, close to its borders with Israel. Solar Lake is situated 3½ km south of Wādī Murākh.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Taba.
Taba
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Taba, in the eastern Sinai peninsula of Egypt, is on the border with Israel, close to the city and airport of Eilat. The area within one km of the border is a duty-free zone with a couple of large resort hotels, a few shops, the bus station and other amenities.
Wādī Murākh
- Type: Wadi
- Also known as: “Wâdî Morâkh” and “Wadi Murakh”
- Category: body of water
- Location: North Sinai Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.45294° or 29° 27′ 11″ northLongitude
34.82999° or 34° 49′ 48″ eastElevation
73 metres (240 feet)Open location code
7GXPFR3H+5XGeoNames ID
352086
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