located about 30 km south of Sharm El Sheikh. Ras Mohamed is one of the most interesting sites in Sinai.It is the point where two different water masses are coming together (the salty water from the Gulf of Suez and the less salty water from the much deeper Gulf of Aqaba). for that there are now more than 1.000 species of tropical fish and more than 170 species of corals.
there are many stories for the name of ras mohamed ,one story say that mohamed is the name of one bedwin family lives in this place before,anothe story says that the structure of the point from the satalite looks like the figure of mohamed word in arabic,and many long stories for the name.
any way this place of sinai still have millions of stories and legends.
Egyptian Government has declared this area as a protected area in 1983.
The park is situated in the tourist region of the Red Sea Riviera, the park spans an area of 480 km², including 135 km² of surface land area and 345 km² area over water.
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