Geography of Egypt :
Northern Africa. Bordering the
Mediterranean Sea
between Libya and the
Gaza Strip and the Red
Sea north of Sudan
including the Asian Sinai
Peninsula
Geographic
coordinates:
27 00 N, 30 00 E
Map references:
Africa
Area:
total: 1,001,450 sq km
land: 995,450 sq km
water: 6,000 sq km
Area -
comparative:
slightly more than three
times the size of New
Mexico
Land boundaries:
total: 2,665 km
border countries: Gaza
Strip 11 km, Israel 266
km, Libya 1,115 km,
Sudan 1,273 km
Coastline:
2,450 km
Maritime claims:
territorial sea: 12 nm
contiguous zone: 24 nm
exclusive economic zone:
200 nm
continental shelf: 200-m
depth or to the depth of
exploitation
Climate:
desert; hot, dry summers
with moderate winters
Terrain:
vast desert plateau
interrupted by Nile
valley and delta
Elevation
extremes:
lowest point: Qattara
Depression -133 m
highest point: Mount
Catherine 2,629 m
