Red Sea: Quick Facts

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Red Sea and its surroundings

Dense coral reef in the Red Sea with clusters of colorful corals and many small orange fish swimming in clear blue water.

Red Sea: El Gouna, Egypt

Global shipping through the Suez Canal

Scuba divers in the Red Sea.

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