El Qantara, Egypt

Al Qantarah esh Sharqiya (30.85° N 32.31° E) is a northeastern Egyptian city on the eastern side of the Suez Canal located in the Egyptian governate of Shamal Sina'.

Alternate Names: Mahattat al qantarah ash sharqiyah, El Qantara, El Qantara East, El-Qantara East Station, El-Qantara El-Sharqiya Station, Mahattat al Qantarah al Sharqiyah, Qantarah esh Sharqiya, Al Qantarah Ash Sharqiyah, El Kantara, or Al Qantarah.

In Al Qantarah there is a high-level fixed road bridge over the canal. The Arabic al qantara means "the bridge".

During the 1967 Six Day War Israel captured the town. Egypt recaptured the town at the start of the 1973 Yom Kippur War during The Crossing and held the town until the ceasefire was negotiated. Egypt regained formal control over the town in 1974.