Theme Week Egypt – Shadwan Island
Wednesday, 24 May 2017 - 12:00 pm (CET/MEZ) Berlin | Author/Destination: North Africa / Nordafrika General , Union for the Mediterranean
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Shadwan is a barren rocky island 30 miles southwest of the Egyptian city of
Sharm el-Sheikh on the
Sinai Peninsula and 20 miles northeast of
el Gouna . It is the largest of a group of islands in the mouth of the
Gulf of Suez in the northern
Red Sea and measures 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) in length, and between 3–5 kilometres (1.9–3.1 mi) wide. It was formerly also called Shaker Island and features a lighthouse. The island is famous as a touristic site for underwater diving and fishing.
On 31 March 1969 the island was the site of an earthquake measuring 6.6 on the surface wave magnitude scale. The earthquake caused some damage including numerous rock falls. On 9 April 1996 a station of the Hurghada Seismological Network began operating on the island with the aim of gaining information on the seismotectonics of the southern Gulf of Suez region. The station is operated by solar batteries and the seismic data is transmitted by telemetry to the Hurghada Seismological Center in Hurghada .
Parts of the wreck of the Kimon M © Wusel007/cc-by-sa-3.0
During the
War of Attrition between Israel and Egypt, the island was fortified and held by Egyptian troops. On 22 January 1970, it was the site of
Operation Rhodes , a heliborne assault by Israeli troops which occupied the island for 36 hours. 30 Egyptian and 3 Israeli soldiers died during the battle. Since then the Red Sea Governorate annually celebrates its
National Day on the 22nd of January.
Shadwan Island was formerly also called
Shaker Island and features a lighthouse. Today, the island is famous as a touristic site for underwater diving and fishing, especially the nearby
Sha`b Abu Nuhas reef . Tourist ships to the island are starting in
Hurghada ,
El Gouna and
Sharm el-Sheikh .
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