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Sharm el Sheikh and the Strait of Tiran in the 1840 Kiepert map of the Sinai Peninsula. The town of Shurm is shown just north of two bays: Sharm El Sheikh and Sharm El Miya (Arabic: شرم المية). This area forms the southern tip of the modern city. Sharm El Sheikh is located on the Egyptian Red Sea coast, at the southern tip of the Sinai ...
UTC time: 1969-03-31 07:15:52: ISC event: 811717: USGS-ANSSComCat: Local date: March 31, 1969 (): Local time: 09:15:52: Magnitude: 6.6 M w [1]: Depth: 10 km (6 mi) [1] Epicenter: 1]: Type: Dip-slip (normal): Areas affected: Egypt: Total damage: Severe [2]: Max. intensity: MMI VII (Very strong) [3]: Casualties: 2 killed, 15 injured [4]: The 1969 Sharm El Sheikh earthquake occurred on March 31 ...
2005 Sharm El Sheikh bombings; 2010 Sharm El Sheikh shark attacks; F. Flash Airlines Flight 604; M. Metrojet Flight 9268 This page was last edited on 1 October 2024 ...
Ofira (Hebrew: אופירה, Arabic: عوفيرا) is a former Israeli settlement in the Sharm El Sheikh area of the southern Sinai Peninsula, an Egyptian territory that was under occupation from 1967 to 1982. [1] Ofira was settled from 1969 and was meant to accommodate 500 families.
Metrojet Flight 9268 was an international chartered passenger flight [1] operated by Russian airline Kogalymavia (branded as Metrojet). On 31 October 2015, at 06:13 local time EST (04:13 UTC), [2] the Airbus A321-231 operating the flight exploded above the northern Sinai Peninsula following its departure from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport, Egypt en route to Pulkovo Airport, Saint ...
The Sharm El Sheikh Summit of 2005 was a meeting of four Middle Eastern leaders at Sharm El Sheikh, in the Sinai Peninsula, Egypt, that took place on 8 February 2005 in an effort to end the four-year Second Intifada which started in September 2000.
Naama Bay (Arabic: خليج نعمة) is a natural bay in Sharm El Sheikh resort and is considered the main hub for tourists in the city, as it is famous for its cafes, restaurants, hotels, and bazaars. [1]
Flash Airlines Flight 604 was a charter flight from Sharm El Sheikh International Airport in Egypt to Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris, France, with a stop-over at Cairo International Airport, provided by Egyptian private charter company Flash Airlines.