GULF
OF ADEN – GEOGRAPHY
News: US
Navy Declares Two SEALs Missing In Gulf Of Aden As Deceased
What's in the news?
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Two US Navy SEALs who went missing in the
Gulf of Aden earlier this month during a raid on a boat carrying Iranian
weapons have not been located following an exhaustive search and their status
has been changed to deceased.
Gulf
of Aden:
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The Gulf of Aden is also known as the Gulf
of Berbera.
Features:
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It is a deepwater gulf between Yemen
to the north, the Arabian Sea to the
east, Djibouti to the west, and the Guardafui Channel, Socotra (Yemen) and
Somalia to the south.
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In the northwest, it connects with the Red Sea through the Bab-el-Mandeb strait and it
connects with the Arabian Sea to the east.
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To the west, it narrows into the Gulf of Tadjoura in Djibouti.
Significance:
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The waterway is part of the important Suez Canal shipping route between the
Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Sea in the Indian Ocean, with 21,000 ships
crossing the gulf annually.
Important
Cities:
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Yemeni
Cities:
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Aden
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Zinjibar
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Shuqrah
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Ahwar
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Balhaf
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Mukalla
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Horn
of Africa:
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Djibouti
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Berbera
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Bosaso