🪓 Daedalus Reef

Daedalus Reef is an isolated oceanic coral reef in the Egyptian Red Sea, located approximately 90 kilometres east of Marsa Alam and about 100 kilometres south-east of Hurghada, at coordinates 24°55′24″N 35°51′30″E. The reef rises from a water depth of approximately 550 metres and its surface platform measures roughly 1,075 metres in length by 300 metres in width, bordered on all sides by near-vertical walls with dense coral growth. At its northern tip stands the operational Daedalus Reef Lighthouse, first constructed in 1863 and rebuilt in 1931.