Moeris (lake)

natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD

Moeris Lacus (Lake Moeris) was an ancient lake in the northwestern part of the Fayuum Oasis in Egypt; its surviving modern remnant is Birket Qarun.

Coordinates

29.47383, 30.62882

Also known as

Birket Qarun (arz), Lake Moeris (en), Lake Moeris (en), Moeris L., Moiridos limne (grc), Moiris limne (grc), Μοιριδος λίμνη (grc), Μοῖρῐς λίμνη (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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