Kanopikos Kolpos

natural · 550 BC – 2099 AD

Kanopikos Kolpos, the modern Abu Qir Bay, is an embayment of the Mediterranean Sea located near Alexandria in Egypt between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile River and Abu Qir. The ancient cities of Canopus, Herakleion, and Menouthis are submerged beneath its waters.

Coordinates

31.30611, 30.16444

Also known as

Kanobikos Kolpos

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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