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Gulf

Gulf of Aqaba

The 5th deepest of the 27 gulfs measured in this atlas.

maximum depth 1,850 m · 5th/27
Wikidata · ranks computed across the features of the same kind in this atlas that carry the measurement

Surface area
239 km²
Maximum depth
1,850 m
Width
26 km
Coastal countries
4 countries
Wikidata
Q81611
Photograph of Gulf of Aqaba
Photo: Expedition 35 Crew Image courtesy of the NASA Johnson Space Center, Image Science & Analysis Laboratory Derivative work including grading, noise reduction, lens distortion and vignetting correction and dust spot removal: Julian HerzogPublic domainWikimedia Commons

Among the world's gulfs

Each line is every one of the gulfs in this atlas that carries the measurement, ordered smallest to largest. The line down the middle is the median; the mark on each line is this one. Deserts are not ranked against lakes — the comparison is always within the same kind.

  1. Surface area239 km²11th of 11 · median 160,000 km²
  2. Maximum depth1,850 m5th of 27 · median 200 m
  3. Width26 km9th of 9 · median 244 km

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