The Gilf Kebir is split into two halves by the 'Gap', thus named by Clayton, who only noticed the lower gap in the western cliffs in 1931. Subsequently Penderel discovered from the air that the Gap continued in a broad valley, the southernmost tongue of the Great Sand Sea. Where the valley reaches the western cliffs at it's southern end, a narrow wadi descends to the plains below. This is the Aqaba, a driveable pass first tackled by Almįsy in 1933. © Lucio Andreetto - See the Egypt map with a complete picture set.

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