Detecting the Displacement of the Islands in the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, and Gulf of Aqaba by GPS

H. El-Saadawy

Abstract:	Since time immemorial, many specialists all over the world believed that the separation distance between Asia and Africa ever increasing gradually. It is said that the width of the Red Sea increases 1 cm every year. At present, many specialists indicate that the whole continent of Asia rotates slowly and gradually anti-clock wise. Many reports indicate that the above mentioned displacement and rotation are quite obvious in the small Islands located in the Red Sea, Gulf Of Suez (GOS) and Gulf Of Aqaba (GOA). The Tsunami catastrophe which happened in south Asia on December 26th 2004, has expedited the urgent need to measure promptly and accurately any displacement or rotation of the Islands located in the Red Sea, GOS and GOA. The purpose of this paper is to show how GPS can be used to detect easily and measure accurately any displacement or rotation of the above-mentioned Islands, while keeping expenses substantially amortized.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 2006 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation January 18 - 20, 2006 Hyatt Regency Hotel Monterey, CA
Pages:	497 - 500
Cite this article:	El-Saadawy, H., "Detecting the Displacement of the Islands in the Red Sea, Gulf of Suez, and Gulf of Aqaba by GPS," Proceedings of the 2006 National Technical Meeting of The Institute of Navigation, Monterey, CA, January 2006, pp. 497-500.
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