
Discovered in 1932 by the Hungarian Explorer Lazlo Almasy during his quest for the
Lost Oasis of Zerzura, Aqaba (difficult) Pass remains the main route from the East, getting down off the plateau, and the main way to get onto the plateau from the desert plains to the East.
During the Desert War, Almasy famously made use of the pass in "Operation Salama" when delivering two German spies into Egypt from Axis occupied Libya.