Halfaya Pass
Halfaya Pass is in northwest Egypt, 11.5 kilometres east of the border with Libya and 7.5 kilometres south of the other, more major pass in the ridge today.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Pass with an elevation of 122 metres
- Description: mountain pass
- Also known as: “Naqb al Halfayah”, “Naqb el Halfaya”, “Naqb Halfāya”, and “Naqb Ḥalfāyah”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sallum.
Sallum
Town
Sallum is a harbourside village or town in Egypt. It is along the Egypt/Libyan short north–south aligned coast of the Mediterranean Sea in the far northwest corner of Egypt. Sallum is situated 7 km northwest of Halfaya Pass.
Halfaya Pass
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Matruh Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Halfaya Pass” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “ممر حلفيا”
- Catalan: “Pas d’Halfaya”
- Cebuano: “Naqb al Ḩalfāyah”
- Chinese: “哈勒法亚山口”
- Chinese: “海尔法亚关口”
- Chinese: “海爾法亞關口”
- Danish: “Halfaya Passet”
- Danish: “Halfaya-passet”
- Danish: “Halfayapasset”
- Dutch: “Halfaya Pass”
- French: “col d’Halfaya”
- French: “Col d’Halfaya”
- French: “Halfaya”
- French: “Passe d’Halfaya”
- German: “Halfaya-Pass”
- German: “Halfayapass”
- Italian: “passo di Halfaya”
- Italian: “Passo di Halfaya”
- Japanese: “ハルファヤ峠”
- Polish: “Halfaja”
- Polish: “Przełęcz Halfaja”
- Polish: “Przełęcz Halfaya”
- Portuguese: “Catabathmus Magnus”
- Portuguese: “Passo de Halfaya”
- Slovenian: “prelaz Halfaya, Egipt”
- Spanish: “Paso de halfaya”
- Spanish: “Paso de Halfaya”
- Swedish: “Naqb al Ḩalfāyah”
Localities in the Area
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