| Eilat's Coral Beach | |
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| Location | Southern, Araba, Israel |
| Nearest town | Eilat, Israel |
| Coordinates | 29°30′29″N 34°55′19″E |
| Length | 5 km (3.1 mi) |
| Width | 7 km (4.3 mi) |
| Established | 1964 |
Eilat's Coral Beach Nature Reserve and Conservation area (Hebrew: שמורת טבע חוף האלמוגים) is a nature reserve and national park in the Red Sea, near the city of Eilat in Israel. It covers 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) of shore, and is the northernmost shallow water coral reef in the world, and possibly one of the more resilient to climate change.[1]
It is popular for diving and research, and was founded by the Israel Nature and Parks Authority. At the southernmost point of the nature reserve there is the Coral World Underwater Observatory, the first of its kind in the world,[2] and the largest public aquarium in the Middle East. It was listed as one of The New York Times' Places to Go in 2019.[3]
As of 2018, the Eilat coral reef is growing.[4]
- ^ "Red Sea Corals may be Resilient to Climate Change". The Maritime Executive. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ "The Story of the Red Sea - Israel Oceanarium | The Underwater Observatory Tower". coralworld.co.il. 2020-05-24. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
- ^ "Hurry Up! Eilat's Coral Reef, One of NYT's Places to Go in 2019, Is Facing Destruction". Haaretz. January 13, 2019. Retrieved 2019-09-01.
- ^ "Coral reef in Eilat, the northernmost reef in the world, is growing". The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com. 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2024-03-04.