Sinai Peninsula

Summary

Sinai Peninsula is a peninsula^[1]. It ranks in the top 0.62% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,332 views/month, #5 of 801).^[2]

Key Facts

• Sinai Peninsula is in the country of Egypt^[3].
• Sinai Peninsula is on the body of water Mediterranean Sea^[4].
• Sinai Peninsula is on the body of water Red Sea^[5].
• Sinai Peninsula is on the body of water Gulf of Aqaba^[6].
• Sinai Peninsula's image is recorded as Mont sinai2.jpg^[7].
• Sinai Peninsula's continent is recorded as Asia^[8].
• Sinai Peninsula's instance of is recorded as peninsula^[9].
• Sinai Peninsula's instance of is recorded as desert^[10].
• Sinai Peninsula's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 162783451^[11].
• Sinai Peninsula's GND ID is recorded as 4104369-8^[12].
• Sinai Peninsula's locator map image is recorded as Sinai-peninsula-map.jpg^[13].
• Sinai Peninsula's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as n50069570^[14].
• Sinai Peninsula's Bibliothèque nationale de France ID is recorded as 119511530^[15].
• Sinai Peninsula's IdRef ID is recorded as 027480933^[16].
• Sinai Peninsula's NDL Authority ID is recorded as 00628596^[17].
• Sinai Peninsula's Commons category is recorded as Sinai Peninsula^[18].
• Sinai Peninsula's OpenStreetMap relation ID is recorded as 5632534^[19].
• Sinai Peninsula's highest point is recorded as Mount Catherine^[20].
• Sinai Peninsula's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.5, 'lon': 33.833333333333}^[21].
• Sinai Peninsula's coordinate location is recorded as {'lat': 29.5, 'lon': 34}^[22].
• Sinai Peninsula's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/06wjy^[23].
• Sinai Peninsula's NL CR AUT ID is recorded as ge295717^[24].
• Sinai Peninsula's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sinai Peninsula^[25].
• Sinai Peninsula's Commons gallery is recorded as Sinai Peninsula^[26].
• Sinai Peninsula's page banner is recorded as Sinai WY Banner.jpg^[27].

Body

Geography

Sinai Peninsula is in the country of Egypt^[3]. Adjacent water bodies include Mediterranean Sea^[4], an adjacent sea^[28], in Spain^[29]; Red Sea^[5], a sea^[30], in Egypt^[31]; and Gulf of Aqaba^[6], a bay^[32], in Egypt^[33]. Its continent is recorded as Asia^[8].

Physical Characteristics

Sinai Peninsula's area is recorded as {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+60000'}^[34]. Its elevation above sea level is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11573', 'amount': '+730'}^[35]. Its population is recorded as {'amount': '+597000'}^[36].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include peninsula^[9] and desert^[10].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Sinai Peninsula include Proto-Sinaitic^[37], an undeciphered writing system^[38], in Ancient Egypt^[39], founded in -1800^[40].

Why It Matters

Sinai Peninsula ranks in the top 0.62% of peninsula entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,332 views/month, #5 of 801).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[41] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[42]

Entities named for it include Proto-Sinaitic^[37], an undeciphered writing system^[38], in Ancient Egypt^[39], founded in -1800^[40].