Sha‘ab Abu Nuhas
Shaab Abu Nuhas, or Shaʽb Abu Nuħas, is a triangular-shaped coral reef northwest of Shadwan Island in the northern Red Sea off Hurghada. The reef is a navigation hazard because it projects into the shipping channel, as evidenced by seven shipwrecks.
- Reef
- …is also known as “Shaʽb Abu Nuħas”
- Description: Egyptian coral reef and dive site in the Straits of Gubal in the south of the Gulf of Suez
Sha‘ab Abu Nuhas
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Latitude
27.57569° or 27° 34′ 33″ north
Longitude
33.92937° or 33° 55′ 46″ east
Open location code
7GVMHWGH+7P
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Sha‘ab Abu Nuhas” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “شعب أبو النحاس”
- Cebuano: “Sha‘ab Abū Nuhās”
- French: “Sha’b Abu Nuhas”
- German: “Abu Nuhas”
- German: “Riff der 7 Tode”
- German: “Schab Abu al-Nuhas”
- German: “Schab Abu an-Nuhas”
- German: “Schab Abu el-Nuhas”
- German: “Schaʿāb Abū en-Nuḥās”
- Swedish: “Sha‘ab Abū Nuhās”
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