Sharm El Sheikh, South Sinai, Egypt
Gordon Reef is one of the four central reefs of the Strait of Tiran, alongside Jackson, Woodhouse and Thomas, which are named after the 19th-century English cartographers who drew the first nautical chart of the region. The Panamanian cargo ship Loullia, built in Sweden, ran aground on the northwest edge of the reef on 29 September 1981 after being driven off course by a storm. The ship was carrying barrels of a tar- or bitumen-like substance, which scattered and sank across the reef.
On the large southern plateau there is a circular depression known as the Amphitheatre or Shark Pool, and a red and white beacon marks the southwest tip of the reef. Along the edge you can find schools of red-toothed triggerfish and of bannerfish, as well as groupers. In the valley to the south there are resident white-tip reef sharks, and dogtooth tunas and trevallies also pass by. In spring, mantas tend to appear.
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