Pikrai Limnai

natural · 550 BC – 2099 AD

The "Bitter Lakes" are hypersaline lacustrine bodies in the Nile River valley of Egypt. Prior to the construction of the Suez Canal, these lakes constituted a dry salt valley or basin. They are referred to by ancient Greek and Latin authors as well as in the so-called "Pyramid Texts".

Coordinates

30.32493, 32.39116

Also known as

Bitter Lakes (la), Bitter Lakes (la), Great Bitter Lake (en), Great Bitter Lake (en), Lacus Amari (la), Lacus Amari (la), Lacus mori (la), Lacvs mori (la), Small Bitter Lake (en), Small Bitter Lake (en), fons Amari (la), fons Amari (la), Πικραὶ̀ λίμναι (grc)

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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