the sinai peninsula is located geographically in egypt on a map.
where eographically is the sinai peninsula on a map?
egypt
the sinai peninsula or simply sinai ( , ) is a peninsula in egypt, and the only part of the country located in asia. it is situated between the mediterranean sea to the north and the red sea to the south, and is a land bridge between asia and africa. sinai has a land area of about and a population of approximately 1,400,000 people. administratively, the sinai peninsula is divided into two governorates: the south sinai governorate and the north sinai governorate. three other governorates span the suez canal, crossing into african egypt: suez governorate on the southern end of the suez canal, ismailia governorate in the center, and port said governorate in the north.
sinai peninsula
the exact location of marah is uncertain, as are the positions of etham, shur, and elim; the identification of these locations is heavily dependent on the identification of the biblical mount sinai. traditionally, sinai was equated with one of the mountains at the south of the sinai peninsula leading to the identification of marah as "ain hawarah", a salty spring roughly 47 miles southeast from suez. however, the majority of both scholars and religious authorities believe that this traditional identification of sinai is inaccurate, with the suggested alternatives being in the north and centre of the sinai peninsula, in the hejaz, and in the north eastern arabah; these identifications would suggest that locating marah far to the southeast of suez would be a substantial detour of the israelites' route. consequently, some scholars have proposed to identify marah as "ain naba", a brackish fountain located just 10 miles southeast of suez, while others have proposed to identify marah as the "small bitter lake" (arabic: "al buhayrat al murrah as sughra" البُحيْرَة المُرَّة الصُغْرَة) located about 20 miles north of suez; ain naba is more geographically convenient if mount sinai is a location in the hejaz or central sinai peninsula, while the small bitter lake is more geographically convenient for mount sinai being located in the north of the sinai peninsula or at the north eastern arabah.
marah (bible)