The
sea was created by the division of Africa
from the Arabian peninsula, a movement
which began around 30 million years ago.
The sea is still widening and there are
small volcanic features in the deeper
parts, it is considered that the sea will
become an ocean in time (as proposed in
the model of Tuzo Wilson). Sometimes during
the Tertiary period the Bab el Mandeb
was closed and the Red Sea was an empty
hot dry salt-floored sink. The sea is
known for its spectacular dive sites such
as Ras Mohammed, Elphinstone, The Brothers
and Rocky Island in Egypt, and less known
sites in Sudan such as Sanganeb, Abington,
Angarosh and Shaab Rumi. The Red Sea was
"discovered" as a diving destination
by Hans Hass in the 1950s, and by Jacques-Yves
Cousteau later.
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