Red Sea
URI(s)
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85112090
- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/sh85112090#concept
Variants
- Erythraean Sea
- Sinus Arabicus
- Yam Suf
- Yam Sup
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Sources
- found: Ben-Elissar, N. Keriat yam suf, c1982.
- found: Cath. encyc.:v. 12, p. 135.
- found: Encyc. Judaica:v. 14, column 14 (Red Sea; Yam Suf)
- found: Web. geog.(Red Sea or anc. Sinus Arabicus. Inland sea bet. Arabian Peninsula and NE Africa; ab. 1200 mi. long; on the N connects with Mediterranean Sea through the Gulf of Suez and the Suez Canal; on the S connects with Arabian Sea through the strait of Bab el Mandeb; in the Great Rift Valley)
- found: Columbia gaz. of the world, c1998(Red Sea, anc. Sinus Arabicus or Erythraean Sea, narrow sea (c. 170,000 sq mi), c. 1,450 mi long and up to 225 mi wide, bet. Afr. (Egypt, Sudan, Eritrea, and Djibouti) and the Arabian Peninsula (Israel, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen); a part of the Great Rift Valley)
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Change Notes
- 2003-10-31: new
- 2017-02-01: revised
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