Gebel Abu Shaar

Egypt / al-Bahhr-al-Ahhmar / Hurghada /
 region, plateau

Upland area in municipality of al-Bahhr-al-Ahhmar. It is located near Hurghada.

The Gebel Abu Shaar represents the southern end of a tilted fault-block consisting of Precambrian basement upon which a mixed siliciclastic-carbonate platform developed during mid-Miocene time.
www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/119931824/abstract?...
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Coordinates:   27°21'3"N   33°34'0"E
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