Sinai peninsula

triangular desert area which acts as a land bridge between Asia and Africa

The Sinai Peninsula or Sinai (Coptic: sina; Egyptian Arabic: sina سينا; Arabic, sina'a سيناء; Sinin in most Semitic languages, Hebrew: סיני Si-nai) is a triangle-shaped peninsula in Egypt. It lies between the Mediterranean Sea (to the north) and Red Sea (to the south), forming a land bridge to Southwest Asia. Its area is about 60,000 km².
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Noun
1. a peninsula in northeastern Egypt; at north end of Red Sea
(synonym) Sinai
(hypernym) peninsula
(part-holonym) Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic
(part-meronym) Sinai, Sinai Desert