The last two places where the sun sets in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia are Tiran Island and Ras al-Sheikh Hamid in Tabuk Province , at the junction of the Gulf of Aqaba with the Red Sea. Tiran is one of the islands of natural importance in the Kingdom and is the third largest Saudi island in the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea in terms of area, after Farasan al-Kabir Island and Sajid Island. ...

The Arabian Shield region extends along the Red Sea coast and the Gulf of Aqaba in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia , from Jordan in the north to the Saudi-Yemeni border in the south. It spans the provinces of Tabuk , al-Madinah al-Munawwarah , Makkah al-Mukarramah , al-Bahah , Aseer , and Jazan . The Arabian Shield covers an area of 630,000 km 2 , representing 32 percent of the Kingdom's land area. Its width ranges from fifty to one hundred km in the north, expands in the center to reach a max...