Suez Canal

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Suez_Canal
GPTKB entity
Statements (40)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:canal
gptkbp:annualShipTraffic over 18,000 ships
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:Ferdinand_de_Lesseps
gptkbp:cityAlongRoute gptkb:Ismailia
gptkbp:cityAtNorthernEnd gptkb:Port_Said
gptkbp:cityAtSouthernEnd gptkb:Suez
gptkbp:closed gptkb:Six-Day_War
gptkbp:connects gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Red_Sea
gptkbp:crosses gptkb:Isthmus_of_Suez
gptkbp:excludes locks
gptkbp:expansion gptkb:New_Suez_Canal
2015
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Suez Canal
gptkbp:length about 193 km
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:maximumVesselLength about 400 meters
about 20 meters
about 77.5 meters
gptkbp:nationalized gptkb:Gamal_Abdel_Nasser
1956
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Ever_Given_grounding_(2021)
gptkbp:notableSite gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkbp:opened 1869
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Suez_Canal_Authority
gptkbp:ownedBy gptkb:Suez_Canal_Authority
gptkbp:reopened 1975
gptkbp:revenue over $5 billion
gptkbp:strategicImportance major international shipping route
gptkbp:UNESCO_tentative_list gptkb:Egypt
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Canals
gptkb:Mediterranean_Sea
gptkb:Red_Sea
gptkb:Suez
gptkb:Isthmus_of_Suez
gptkb:Sinai_Peninsula
gptkb:Port_Said
gptkb:Suez_Crisis
gptkb:War_of_Attrition
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5