Chambritrasos
natural · 330 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate
An ancient geographic feature mentioned in two Hellenistic treaties where it is described as a watercourse. Scholars argue that it is to be identified with the modern Khavgas/Havgas gorge, which runs intermittently to drain the Katharo Plateau in central-east Crete. The gorge empties naturally into the Lasithi plain where the modern Agios Georgios reservoir has been built to collect its runoff (close to the town of Agios Konstantinos).
- Coordinates
- 35.15552, 25.53129
- Also known as
- Khavgas, Havgas, Kauga (el), Χαμβρίτρασος (grc), Χαυγᾶ (el)
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)