Region of southeastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan
"Red Sea Hills" redirects here. For the mountains in Saudi Arabia on the opposite coast of the Red Sea, sometimes also called the Red Sea Hills, see Sarawat Mountains.
Itbāy (Arabic: اطبيه) or ʿAtbāy is a region of southeastern Egypt and northeastern Sudan. It is characterized by a chain of mountains, the Red Sea Hills, running north–south and parallel with the Red Sea. The hills separate the narrow coastal plain from the Eastern Desert.[1]
^"Itbāy", in Encyclopædia Britannica (online 7 May 2012), accessed 31 December 2018.