Suez Canal
The Suez Canal is an artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt, connecting the Mediterranean Sea to the Red Sea through the Isthmus of Suez and dividing Africa and Asia.Photo: Pierre Markuse, CC BY 2.0.
Notable Places in the Area
Suez Stadium
Photo: Crosskimo, Public domain.
The Suez Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Suez, Egypt. Suez Stadium is situated 3½ km northwest of Suez Canal.
Green Island
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Green Island is a small artificial island in the Red Sea at the southern mouth of the Suez Canal.Ruins of the fortress, 2016… Green Island is situated 4 km southwest of Suez Canal.
Suez National Museum
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Suez National Museum is situated 2½ km north of Suez Canal.
Localities in the Area
Port Suez
Photo: Heb, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Suez is a seaport city in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez on the Red Sea, near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, and is the capital of the Suez Governorate.
Suez Canal
- Type: Canal
- Description: artificial sea-level waterway in Egypt
- Categories: ship canal and body of water
- Location: Suez Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
29.93139° or 29° 55' 53" northLongitude
32.56278° or 32° 33' 46" eastOpen Location Code
7GXJWHJ7+H4GeoNames ID
347712Wikidata ID
Q899Suez Canal Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Targa n Swis
- Afrikaans: Suezkanaal
- Albanian: Kanali i Suezit
- Amharic: ስዌዝ ቦይ
- Arabic: Kanal han Suez
- Arabic: قناة السويس
- Aragonese: Canal de Suez
- Armenian: Սուեզի ջրանցք
- Armenian: Սուէզի Ջրանցքը
- Assamese: ছুয়েজ খাল
- Assamese: ছুৱেজ খাল
- Asturian: Canal de Suez
- Awadhi: स्वेज नहर
- Azerbaijani: Süveyş kanalı
- Bashkir: Суэц каналы
- Bashkir: Сүәйс каналы
- Bashkir: Әс-Сүәйс каналы
- Basque: Suezko kanala
- Bavarian: Sueskanal
- Belarusian: Суэцкі канал
- Bengali: সুয়েজ খাল
- Bhojpuri: क़नात-अल-सुवैस
- Bhojpuri: स्वेज नहर
- Bhojpuri: स्वेज़ कनाल
- Bhojpuri: स्वेज़ नहर
- Bosnian: Suecki kanal
- Bosnian: Sueski kanal
- Breton: Kanol Suez
- Bulgarian: Суецки канал
- Burmese: ဆူးအက် တူးမြောင်း
- Catalan: Canal de Suez
- Catalan: canal de Suez
- Cebuano: Suez Canal
- Central Bikol: Kanal Suez
- Central Kurdish: نۆکەندی سوێس
- Chechen: Суэцан татол
- Chinese: Suez Ūn-hô
- Chinese: 苏伊士运河
- Chinese: 苏彝士运河
- Chinese: 蘇伊士運河
- Chinese: 蘇彝士運河
- Chuvash: Суец каналĕ
- Chuvash: Суэц каналĕ
- Cornish: Dowrgleudh Suez
- Crimean Tatar: Süveyş kanalı
- Croatian: Sueski kanal
- Czech: Suez
- Czech: Suezský kanál
- Czech: Suezský průplav
- Danish: Suez-kanalen
- Dutch: Suezkanaal
- Eastern Mari: Суэц канал
- Egyptian Arabic: قناة السويس
- English: Marlboro Canal
- Esperanto: Sueza Kanalo
- Estonian: Suessi kanal
- Faroese: Suezveitin
- Fiji Hindi: Suez Canal
- Finnish: Suezin kanava
- French: Canal de Suez
- French: canal de Suez
- Galician: Canal de Suez
- Gan Chinese: 蘇伊士運河
- Georgian: სუეცის არხი
- German: Sues-Kanal
- German: Sueskanal
- German: Suez-Kanal
- German: Suezkanal
- Greek: Διώρυγα Σουέζ
- Greek: Διώρυγα του Σουέζ
- Guarani: Yrape Suez
- Guarani: y hasaha Suez
- Guarani: ypo'i Suez
- Guarani: yrape Suez
- Gujarati: સુએઝ નહેર
- Hebrew: תעלת סואץ
- Hindi: स्वेज़ नहर
- Hungarian: Kanát asz-Szuvajsz
- Hungarian: Qanāt al-Suways
- Hungarian: Szuezi-csatorna
- Icelandic: Súesskurðurinn
- Ido: Suez-kanalo
- Iloko: Kanal Suez
- Inari Sami: Suez uáli
- Indonesian: Terusan Suez
- Ingush: Суэца хьарсам
- Interlingua: Canal de Suez
- Interlingue: Canale de Suez
- Irish: Canáil Shuais
- Irish: Canáil Suais
- Irish: Canáil Suez
- Italian: Canale di Suez
- Italian: Qanāt al-Sūwais
- Italian: قناة السويس
- Jamaican Creole English: Suez Kianal
- Japanese: スエズ運河
- Javanese: Sidhatan Suwais
- Javanese: Terusan Suèz
- Kabiyè: Suɛz Hɛŋa
- Kabyle: Targa n Swis
- Kannada: ಸುಯೆಜ್ ಕಾಲುವೆ
- Kazakh: Суэц каналы
- Khmer: ព្រែកជីកស៊ុយអែស
- Kirghiz: Суэц каналы
- Korean: 수에즈 운하
- Kurdish: Kanala Suezê
- Ladino: Kanal de Suez
- Lao: Kanal Suez
- Lao: ຄອງສຸເອສ
- Latin: Canalis Suesiensis
- Latvian: Suecas kanāls
- Limburgan: Suezkanaal
- Literary Chinese: 蘇彝士運河
- Lithuanian: Sueco kanalas
- Lombard: Canal de Suez
- Low German: Sueskanal
- Low German: Sueskanaol
- Luxembourgish: Suezkanal
- Macedonian: Суецки Канал
- Maithili: स्वेज नहर
- Malagasy: Lakandranon'i Suez
- Malagasy: Lakandranon' i Suez
- Malay: Terusan Suez
- Malayalam: സൂയസ് കനാൽ
- Maltese: Kanal ta' Suez
- Manx: Ammyr Suez
- Marathi: सुएझ कालवा
- Min Dong Chinese: Suez Ông-ò̤
- Min Nan Chinese: Suez Ūn-hô
- Minangkabau: Tarusan Suez
- Mingrelian: სუეციშ არხი
- Mongolian: Суэцийн суваг
- Neapolitan: Canale 'e Suez
- Nepali: सुएज नहर
- Nepali: स्वेज नहर
- Newari: सुएज नहर
- Northern Frisian: Sueskanaal
- Norwegian: Suezkanalen
- Norwegian Bokmål: Suezkanalen
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Suezkanalen
- Occitan (post 1500): Canal de Suèz
- Oromo: Suez Canal
- Oromo: Suwiiz Kanaal
- Ossetian: Суэцы къанау
- Panjabi: ਸੁਏਸ ਨਹਿਰ
- Persian: کانال سوئز
- Piemontese: Canal ëd Suez
- Polish: Kanał Sueski
- Portuguese: Canal de Suez
- Pushto: سویز کانال
- Romanian: Canalul Suez
- Romanian: Canalul de Suez
- Russia Buriat: Суэцэй һубаг
- Russian: Суэцкий канал
- Rusyn: Суезькый канал
- Samogitian: Soeca kanals
- Santali: ᱥᱩᱣᱮᱡᱽ ᱠᱮᱱᱟᱞ
- Sardinian: Canale de Suez
- Scots: Suez Canal
- Scots: Suez Canaul
- Serbian: Суецки канал
- Serbo-Croatian: Sueski kanal
- Shona: Muronga Suez Canal
- Sicilian: Canali di Suez
- Sinhala: සූවස් ඇළ
- Slovak: Suezský prieplav
- Slovenian: Sueški prekop
- Somali: Kanaalka Suweys
- South Azerbaijani: سوئز کانالی
- Spanish: Canal de Suez
- Spanish: canal de Suez
- Standard Moroccan Tamazight: ⴰⴱⴰⴷⵓ ⵏ ⵙⴰⵡⵉⵙ
- Swahili: Mfereji wa Suez
- Swedish: Suez Canal
- Swedish: Suezkanalen
- Swiss German: Sueskanaal
- Tagalog: Kanal Suez
- Tagalog: Suez Canal
- Tamil: குனாத் அல் சுவைஸ்
- Tamil: சுயஸ் கால்வாய்
- Tatar: Сүәеш каналы
- Telugu: సూయజ్ కాలువ
- Thai: คลองสุเอซ
- Tosk Albanian: Sueskanal
- Turkish: Süveyş Kanalı
- Turkmen: Sues kanaly
- Ukrainian: Суецький канал
- Urdu: نہر سوئز
- Uzbek: Suvaysh kanali
- Venetian: Canal de Sues
- Veps: Suecan kanal
- Vietnamese: Kênh đào Suez
- Waray (Philippines): Kanal han Suez
- Welsh: Camlas Suez
- Western Armenian: Սուէզի ջրանցք
- Western Frisian: Suezkanaal
- Western Frisian: Suëzkanaal
- Western Panjabi: نہر سوئز
- Wu Chinese: 苏伊士运河
- Yakut: Суэц ханаала
- Yiddish: סועץ קאנאל
- Yoruba: Ìladò Suez
- Yue Chinese: 蘇彝士運河
- Kanalo di Suez
- Qanâ el Suweis
- Qanāt as Suways
- Suezkenaal
- نۆکەندی سوێز
Other Places Named Suez Canal
Localities in the Area
- Būr TawfīqLocality
- Ash ShaţţLocality, 4 km northeast
- Tall al QulzumLocality, 4 km north
- Al Arba‘īnLocality, 5 km northwest
Landmarks in the Area
- Birkat al MasḩūrBay
- Būz MisallātPoint
- Būr IbrāhīmPort
- Al Mīnā’ al JadīdahHarbour
- Mīnā’ ash ShaţţHarbour
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