Yitzhak Rabin Crossing

The Wadi Araba Crossing or Yitzhak Rabin Crossing is an international border crossing between , and , . Opened on August 8, 1994, it is currently one of three entry/exit points between the two countries that handle tourists.
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  • Type: Government office
  • Description: international border crossings between Jordan and Israel
  • Also known as: “Wadi Araba crossing” and “Wadi Araba Crossing”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ice Mall and Eilat Marina.

Shopping center
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is a shopping center, which is situated 2½ km southwest of Yitzhak Rabin Crossing.

Marina
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is situated 3 km southwest of Yitzhak Rabin Crossing.

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. is situated 3½ km southwest of Yitzhak Rabin Crossing.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Eilot and Tall al Khalifa.

Village
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is the southernmost kibbutz in . It is located in the Aravah Valley, near the border with . is less than a kilometer north of , and just over 3 kilometers north of the Red Sea.

Village
Tell el-Kheleifeh is an archaeological site in at the head of the Gulf of Aqaba immediately northwest of the city of . Its older identification with the 10th-century port from the biblical King Solomon narrative does not stand up to newer… is situated 3 km southeast of Yitzhak Rabin Crossing.

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is the only city on the Red Sea. is the southernmost town in Israel, isolated from the rest of the country by the 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.

Yitzhak Rabin Crossing

Latitude
29.57461° or 29° 34′ 29″ north
Longitude
34.97658° or 34° 58′ 36″ east
Open location code
7GXPHXFG+RJ
Open­Street­Map ID
way 1126863689
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q2559756
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Yitzhak Rabin Crossing” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “تقاطع وادي عربة”
  • Arabic: “معبر وادي عربة”
  • Armenian: “Վադի Արաբա անցակետ”
  • Chinese: “瓦迪·阿拉巴關口”
  • Czech: “Hraniční přechod Arava”
  • Dutch: “Wadi Araba Crossing”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “معبر وادى عربه”
  • Galician: “Cruzamento de Wadi Araba”
  • Hebrew: “כביש 109”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר גבול יצחק רבין”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר גבול ערבה”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר יצחק רבין”
  • Hebrew: “מעבר ערבה”
  • Indonesian: “Perlintasan Wadi Araba”
  • Portuguese: “Passagem de Wadi Araba”
  • Romanian: “Traversarea Wadi Araba”
  • Russian: “Арава”
  • Russian: “КПП Арава”
  • Ukrainian: “КПП Арава”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Border Control and Wadi Araba / Itzhak Rabin border crossing.

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