Aqaba Bird Observatory
Aqaba Bird Observatory is a nature reserve in Ma’an Governorate, Jordan. Aqaba Bird Observatory is situated nearby to the village Tall al Khalifa, as well as near Eilot.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Nature reserve
- Description: bird observatory in Jordan
- Also known as: “Aqaba Bird Observatory Special Conservation Area”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Ice Mall and Eilat Marina.
Eilat History Museum
Museum
The Eilat City Museum is a history museum in Eilat, Israel. The museum is dedicated to the history of the development of the city of Eilat.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tall al Khalifa and Eilot.
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…
Eilot
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Eilot is the southernmost kibbutz in Israel. It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with Jordan. Eilot is less than a kilometer north of Eilat, and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea.
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.
Aqaba Bird Observatory
- Categories: protected area, bird observatory, tourism, recreation area, and tourist attraction
- Location: Ma’an Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.57249° or 29° 34′ 21″ northLongitude
34.98507° or 34° 59′ 6″ eastElevation
22 metres (72 feet)Operator
RSCNOpen location code
7GXPHXCP+X2OpenStreetMap ID
way 93727476OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=nature_reserveOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attraction
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Swedish—“Aqaba Bird Observatory” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “محطة العَقَبَة لمراقبة الطيور”
- Arabic: “مرصد طيور العقبة”
- Cebuano: “Aqaba Bird Observatory”
- French: “observatoire ornithologique d’Aqaba”
- French: “Observatoire ornithologique d’Aqaba”
- Hebrew: “מרכז הצפרות בעקבה”
- Swedish: “Aqaba Bird Observatory”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Eilot and New Industrial Zone.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Welcome to Jordan and Wadi Araba / Itzhak Rabin border crossing.
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