Mitla Pass

The Mitla Pass (Arabic: ممر متلة, Hebrew: מיתלה) is a 480-metre-high (1,570 ft) pass snaking 32 kilometres (20 mi) in the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, wedged between mountain ranges to the north and south. It is located about 50 kilometres (31 mi) east of Suez. It is the monotonous ride through here and Nekhel, a wilderness that provides the shortest route between Nuweiba and Cairo. Buses carrying tourists to Mount Sinai, St. Catherine's Monastery, and Feiran Oasis travel through there.

This article is about the mountain pass. For the novel by Leon Uris, see Mitla Pass (novel). For the archeological site in Mexico, see Mitla.
Mitla Pass
The Mitla pass in 1920 looking east from the plain
Elevation480 m (1,575 ft)
Traversed byRoute 50
LocationSinai
Coordinates30°0′52.4″N 32°53′0.4″E
Mitla Pass
Location in the Sinai.
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