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 Suez. The area includes the island of Tiran and all shorelines fronting the Sharm el Sheikh tourism development area.

 Type: Marine Reserve

 Year of establishment: 1983

 Objective: Protection of marine and terrestrial wildlife

 Management: The Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency (EEAA).

 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 Tiran and Sanafir . 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 some of the world's best. In addition a diversity of desert habitats such as mountains and "wadis", gravel plains and sand dunes.

 Flora:  Sea-grass beds and mangrove trees.

 Fauna: There are  more than 200 species of corals, species,125 of which are soft corals There are 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 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.