{"id":30170,"date":"2025-02-16T03:05:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T21:35:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30170"},"modified":"2025-04-10T08:33:56","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T03:03:56","slug":"gulf-of-eilat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/gulf-of-eilat\/","title":{"rendered":"Gulf of Eilat"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Gulf of Eilat Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>A new study reveals that coral reefs in the Gulf of Eilat experienced a surprising 3,000-year \u2018shutdown\u2019 in growth, from about 4,400 to 1,000 years ago, likely due to a temporary drop in sea level that could have been caused by global cooling.<\/p>\n<h2>About Gulf of Eilat\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is also known as <strong>Gulf of Aqaba<\/strong> which is the northeastern extension of <strong>the Red Sea.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The northern portion of the Red Sea is divided by the Sinai Peninsula into the Gulf of Aqaba in the east and the <strong>Gulf of Suez<\/strong> in the west.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is located along the <strong>southeastern edge<\/strong> of the <strong>Sinai Peninsula<\/strong> and to the west of the Arabian Peninsula.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It forms an integral part of the <strong>East African Rift System<\/strong> and was created by seismic activity along the Afro-Syrian Rift.<\/li>\n<li>The <strong>Tiran Strait<\/strong> connects the Gulf of Aqaba with the Red Sea. It also serves as a <strong>connecting point <\/strong>between <strong>the continents of Asia and Africa.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It supports unique and diverse aquatic ecosystems and serves as a vital habitat for some of the <strong>world\u2019s richest coral reefs.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Bordering Countries of Gulf of Eilat:<\/strong> It is bordered by the countries of <strong>Israel, Jordan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Some of the major cities that are situated on the northern end of the Gulf of Aqaba include <strong>Taba<\/strong> (Egypt), <strong>Eilat<\/strong> (Israel), and <strong>Aqaba <\/strong>(Jordan).\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Gulf of Eilat FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1:<\/strong> Where is the Gulf of Eilat?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> It is at the northern tip of the Red Sea, east of the Sinai Peninsula and west of the Arabian Peninsula.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2:<\/strong> What is a Gulf?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans:<\/strong> The Gulf is a portion of the sea that is almost surrounded by land except one narrow opening. Gulfs are formed when a giant rock collapses or when a piece of land sinks.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/reader?utm_source=Hindu&amp;utm_medium=Menu&amp;utm_campaign=Header&amp;_gl=1*1qyuzvi*_gcl_au*MTQ3ODQ2ODY3NC4xNzM5MDI1MzE2LjIwMTgxODEwNDcuMTczOTU4OTQyNC4xNzM5NTg5NDI0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gulf of Eilat is also known as Gulf of Aqaba which is the northeastern extension of the Red Sea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30171,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30170","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30170","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30170"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30170\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30170"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30170"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30170"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}