Marsa Alam

Marsa Alam مرسى علم
Marsa Alam Location in Egyp
Coordinates: 25°04′N 34°54′E / 25.067°N 34.900°E / 25.067; 34.900Coordinates: 25°04′N 34°54′E / 25.067°N 34.900°E / 25.067; 34.900
Kintra	Egyp
Govrenorate	Reid Sea Govrenorate
Population [1]
• Total	10,000
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Marsa Alam (Arabic: مرسى علم‎) is a toun in sooth-eastren Egyp, locatit on the wastren shore o the Reid Sea. It is currently seein fast increasin popularity as a tourist destination an development follaein the openin o Marsa Alam Internaitional Airport in 2001.

Marsa Alam is situatit near the Tropic o Cancer whaur the Arabian Desert meets the Reid Sea, an it haes the appearance o a tropical paradise wi its palm trees, mangroves an sea coasts fringed wi barrier coral reefs. It haes awready gained a strang reputation amangst scuba divers due tae its numerous an unspoilt divin steids baith alang the coast an affshore. Sichtins o spinner dowphins, dugongs an hammerheid shairks are a frequent occurrence for thae wha anter intae its watters.

Marsa Alam an aa haes some inland attractions, sic as the Emerald Mines an the Temple o Seti I at Khanais.

Average temperaturs durin the winter months (October tae Mairch) reenge frae 18 tae 35 degrees Celsius an durin the simmer months (Aprile tae September) frae 20 tae 45 degrees Celsius. The temperatur o the Reid Sea at this location durin the year reenges frae 22 tae 29 degrees Celsius.

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  Dugong aff Abu Dabab strand
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  Dugong "rollin" on sea fluir

Wikimedia Commons haes media relatit tae Marsa Alam.

• On the Red Sea, as Hotels Go Up, Divers Head Down The New York Times on divin in Marsa Alam (8 Aprile 2007) (in Inglis)
• Red Sea Spinner Dolphins
• The Dugong o Marsa Abu Dabbab
• Marsa Alam Tourism Guide for UK Travellers Archived 2018-04-14 at the Wayback Machine
• Marsa Alam touristic an residential resorts Archived 2011-11-15 at the Wayback Machine
• Marsa Alam Dugon

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