Aqaba Marine Park

Aqaba Marine Park is a nature reserve in Ma’an Governorate, Jordan. Aqaba Marine Park is situated nearby to the locality Ḩayy aş Şafā, as well as near Ḩayy al Madīnah ash Shamālī.

Places of Interest

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.

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 Archaeological Museum

Museum

Photo: Bel Adone, Public domain.

Aqaba Archaeological Museum is the official archaeological museum of the city of Aqaba in Jordan.

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 Aqaba Marine Park.

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 Marine Park

Type: Nature reserve
Location: Ma’an Governorate, Jordan, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude

29.5319° or 29° 31′ 55″ north

Longitude

35.00613° or 35° 0′ 22″ east

Elevation

21 metres (69 feet)

Open location code

7GXQG2J4+QF

GeoNames ID

11205524

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Satellite Map

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Localities in the Area

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