Ras Muhammad National Park 

Location: Gulf of Aqaba
Area: 480 km2 
Type: Marine Reserve 
Year of establishment: 1983 
Objective: Protection of marine and terrestrial wildlife 
Management: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).
Boundaries: 
The boundaries of this National Park extend from a point opposite the Qad Ibn Haddan lighthouse on the Gulf of Suez to the southern boundary of the Nabq Protected area on the Gulf of Aqaba/Eilat. The area includes the island of Tiran and all shorelines fronting the Sharm el Sheikh tourism development area.   

Dive Sites in Ras Muhammad:

Beacon Rock/Dun Raven 

Big/Small Passage

Thistlegorm

Alternatives 

Shark/Yolanda Reefs

Sharks Observatory

Ras Zatar 

Geographical aspects:
Ras Mohammed is the headland at the southern most tip of the Sinai Peninsula, overlooking the juncture of the Gulf of Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir are part of the site. Littoral habitats include a mangrove community, salt marshes, inter-tidal flats, a diversity of shoreline configurations and coral reef ecosystems that are internationally recognized as among the world's best. In addition a diversity of desert habitats such as mountains and wadis, gravel plains and sand dunes.

Flora (plants):
Sea-grass beds and mangrove trees.
Fauna (animals): 
More than 200 species of corals, where 125 species are soft corals, around 1000 species of fish, 40 species of star fish, 25 species of sea urchins, more than a 100 species of mollusc and 150 species of crustaceans.  Ras Mohammed is important as a bottleneck for migratory soaring birds. The majority of the world populations of white stork Ciconia ciconia pass through this area. The islands of Tiran and Sanafir hold important breeding populations of the threatened and endemic White-eyed Gull Larus leucophthalamus and Osprey Pandion haliaetus. The island of Tiran has one of the largest recorded Osprey populations in the Red Sea. The threatened Green Turtle Chelonia mydas and Hawksbill Turtle Eretmochelys imbricata occur off Ras Mohammed regularly.