<Tr> <Th> Average depth </Th> <Td> 40 m (130 ft) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Max . depth </Th> <Td> 70 m (230 ft) </Td> </Tr> <P> The Gulf of Suez (Arabic: خليج السويس ‎, translit . khalīǧ as - suwais; formerly بحر القلزم, baḥar al - qulzum, lit . "Sea of Calm") is a gulf at the northern end of the Red Sea, to the west of the Sinai Peninsula . Situated to the east of the Sinai Peninsula is the smaller Gulf of Aqaba . The gulf was formed within a relatively young but now inactive Gulf of Suez Rift rift basin, dating back about 26 million years . It stretches some 300 kilometres (190 mi) north by northwest, terminating at the Egyptian city of Suez and the entrance to the Suez Canal . Along the mid-line of the gulf is the boundary between Africa and Asia . The entrance of the gulf lies atop the mature Gemsa oil and gas field . </P> <P> The gulf occupies the northwestern arm of the Red Sea between Africa and the Sinai Peninsula . It is the third arm of the triple junction rift system, the second arm being the Gulf of Aqaba . </P>

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