Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light
Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light is a lighthouse in Jordan. Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light is situated nearby to the archaeological site Ayla, as well as near Aqaba Church.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Ayla and Aqaba Church.
Ayla
Archaeological site
Aqābaʾ is the only coastal city in Jordan and the largest and most populous city on the Gulf of Aqaba. Situated in southernmost Jordan, Aqaba is the administrative center of the Aqaba Governorate. Ayla is situated 280 metres northeast of Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light.
Aqaba Church
Archaeological site
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Church is a historic 3rd-century church located in Aqaba, Jordan. It was unearthed in 1998 by a group of archaeologists and is considered to be the world's oldest-known purpose-built Christian church. Aqaba Church is situated 550 metres north of Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum
Museum
Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.
Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan. Aqaba Archaeological Museum is situated 1 km southeast of Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aqaba and Tall al Khalifa.
Aqaba
Photo: Simisa, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aqaba is Jordan's only port city. It is on the Gulf of Aqaba in the extreme south of the country, adjacent to Eilat in Israel.
Tall al Khalifa
Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in Jordan at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of Aqaba. Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… Tall al Khalifa is situated 3 km north of Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light.
Eilat
Photo: Chris Yunker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Eilat is the only Israeli city on the Red Sea. Eilat is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the Negev desert. It's sandwiched between Taba in Egypt and Aqaba in Jordan, and often used as an access route to those cities because of its large modern Ramon airport.
Royal Yacht Club South Jetty Light
- Type: Lighthouse
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
29.52893° or 29° 31′ 44″ northLongitude
34.99776° or 34° 59′ 52″ eastOpen location code
7GXPGXHX+H4GeoNames ID
9612950
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