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What sea area does the Gulf of Aden belong to?

Gulf of Aden?

(Bay? Yes? Aden)

Gulf of Aden (Gulf? Yes? Aden refers to the Indian Ocean between Yemen and Somalia. It is connected with the Red Sea through the Mande Strait. Is it the Persian Gulf? Oil is an important waterway leading to Europe and North America, and it is also one of the main areas of global piracy. ?

The main port cities along the Gulf of Aden are Aden, Berbera and Bossaso. ?

A bay in the northwestern Indian Ocean. Located between the Arabian Peninsula and the Somali Peninsula in Africa. The Gulf connects the Arabian Sea in the east and the Red Sea in the west through the Mande Strait.

The Gulf of Aden is named after Aden, a seaport in Yemen. The Arabian Peninsula is in the north, the Horn of Africa is in the south, and it narrows in the west, forming Tajura Bay (Gulf? Yes? Tadjoura), to the east is Cape Guadafuy (Cape? The meridian of Guardafui is bounded by 5 1 16' east longitude. It is 65,438+0,480 kilometers (920 miles) long from east to west, with an average width of 482 kilometers (300 miles) and an area of 530,000 square kilometers (205,000 square miles). Siebel Richie (Sheba? Ridge) crosses the seabed and is the residual vein of Indian Ocean Ridge. There are many faults in the northeast-southwest direction, the largest of which is the alura-Fett Trench (alura-Fartak? Trench), 5360 meters (17586 feet) deep, is the deepest part of the whole bay. The entrance of Xibei Ridge is 3900 meters (13000 feet) deep, forming a shallow trench in the west, namely Tajura Bay.