Abukir Bay
| Abukir Bay | ||
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 Abukir Bay satellite image |
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| Waters | Mediterranean Sea | |
| Land mass | North africa | |
| Geographical location | 31 ° 18 ′ 0 ″ N , 30 ° 10 ′ 0 ″ E | |
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| surface | 500 to 600 km² | |
| Greatest water depth | 18 m | |
| Medium water depth | 10 to 12 m | |
| Islands | Nelson Island | |
| Tributaries | Nile | |
The Bay of Aboukir ( Arabic خليج أبو قير) is a spacious bay on the Egyptian Mediterranean coast , which lies northeast of Alexandria between the Rosetta estuary of the Nile and the city of Abukir .
The ancient cities of Canopus , Herakleion and Menouthis are submerged in the water of the bay . In 1798 the naval battle at Abukir between the British Royal Navy and the Navy of the First French Republic took place here.
There is a natural gas field in the bay that was discovered in the 1970s.
literature
- John Cooper: The Medieval Nile: Route, Navigation, and Landscape in Islamic Egypt. The American University in Cairo Press, 2014, ISBN 9789774166143 .
- Mohamed M. Dorgham: Eutrophication Problem in Egypt - Abu Qir Bay. In: Eutrophication: causes, consequences and control. Vol. 1, Springer, 2011, ISBN 9789048196258 , pp. 174-178.
Web links
Commons : Bay of Abukir - Collection of images, videos and audio files
