Ras Muhammad National Park

Ras Muhammad (Egyptian Arabic: راس محمد Rās Maḥammad, IPA: [ɾɑːs mæˈħæmmæd]; Arabic: رأس محمد Ra's Muḥammad) is a national park in Egypt at the southern extreme of the Sinai Peninsula, overlooking the Gulf of Suez on the west and the Gulf of Aqaba to the east.

[3] When the Sinai Peninsula was returned to Egypt, Ras Muhammad was declared for protection from fishing and other human activities.

The park is situated in the tourist region of the Red Sea Riviera, located 12 km (7.5 mi) from the city of Sharm El Sheikh.

This, in conjunction with the Northeast motion of the Sinai subplate, has caused recent seismicity,[7] underwater caves formed as the result of earthquakes.

About 0.9 hectares of mangrove forest cover a 1.16 km (0.72 mi) shallow channel at the southernmost end of Ras Muhammad peninsula.

[8] The inland area includes a diversity of desert habitats such as mountains and wadis, gravel and coastal mud plains and sand dunes.

On the Ras Muhammad peninsula, there are acacia trees and doum palms (Hyphaene thebaica) around the wadi mouths.

Mangrove forest in Ras Muhammad
Gate of Allah designed and installed by Egyptian engineers in 1973
View of coral reef in Ras Muhammad (2004)
Winch parts visible on the wreck of the SS Thistlegorm , which sank off the coast of Ras Muhammad
Ras Muhammad National Park
Snorkeling area in Ras Muhammad
Mangroves in Ras Muhammad National Park