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Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Akoris Tihna el-Gabal Egypt — Pleiades and Kawanishi survey 28.598N 30.782E

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Pleiades · 2022

Akoris — Northern Quarry Harbour at Tihna el-Gabal North (Nile Quarry Port) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitemindat.org

Al ‘Ayn as Sukhnah 29°35′20″N 32°20′00″E /29.58902N 32.33597E — Mindat

Mindat · 2022

Ayn Sukhna — Galala Harbour at Wadi al-Jarf North Anchorage (Pharaonic) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websiteancientportsantiques.com

Ancient Ports in the Red Sea — Myos Hormos Quseir al-Qadim 8 km north of Quseir

AncientPortsAntiques · 2022

Myos Hormos — Northern Anchorage at Marsa Nakari Mangrove (Marsa Alam North) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Antinoopolis Sheikh Ibada Egypt — Pleiades 786009

Pleiades · 2022

Antinoopolis — Southern Necropolis Harbour at Sheikh Ibada South (Antinoe South) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Bata — Lagoon Harbour at Novomyshastovskaya (Batskoe Gorodishche South) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Chersonesos — Pesochnaya Bay Submerged Quay (Tauric Chersonesos East) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Gorgippia — Northern Basin Breakwater Extension (Anapa Bay North) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Gorgippia — Northern Basin Breakwater Extension (Anapa Bay North) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Hermonassa — Southern Mole Harbour on Tuzla Spit South (Taman) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Hermonassa — Southern Mole Harbour on Tuzla Spit South (Taman) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitesites.lsa.umich.edu

Karanis 29°31′N 30°54′E Kom Aushim Fayum — Michigan Karanis Collaboratory

University of Michigan, Karanis Collaboratory · 2022

Karanis — Western Granary Quarter at Kom Aushim West (Fayum West) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Kepoi — Central Ashlar Quay in Taman Gulf (Mid-Bay) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Marea Lake Mareotis 30.995N 29.645E — Pleiades Marea

Pleiades · 2022

Marea — Eastern Pharos Harbour at Lake Mareotis East (Abu Mina South) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Narmouthis Medinet Ghoran Fayum — Pleiades 736345

Pleiades · 2022

Narmouthis — Crocodile Temple Quarter at Medinat Ghoran (Fayum Central) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Nymphaion (Crimea) — Pleiades 857192 and Mapcarta 45.23661N 36.4182E

Pleiades, Mapcarta · 2022

Nymphaion — Ak-Burun Southern Harbour at Geroevka (Bosporus) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Olbia Pontica — Parutyne Northern Mole on Bug Estuary (Borysthenes) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Panticapaeum — Pleiades 856014 and Vici.org 20836

Pleiades, Vici.org · 2022

Pantikapaion — Mithridates Harbour North Mole (Kerch Bay) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Patrai — Western Emporium Anchorage at Taman Strait (Western Strait) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Patrai — Western Emporium Anchorage at Taman Strait (Western Strait) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Soknopaiou Nesos Dime Fayum 29.545N 30.665E Lake Moeris — Pleiades

Pleiades · 2022

Soknopaiou Nesos — Northern Lagoon Harbour at Dime (Lake Moeris North) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Tebtunis Umm el-Baragat Fayum — Pleiades 736070

Pleiades · 2022

Tebtunis — Southern Sobek Temple Quarter at Umm el-Baragat South (Fayum South) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — Pleiades and Mapcarta coordinate anchor

Pleiades · 2022

Toricos — Gelendzhik Roadstead Harbour at Toretae Cape (Gelendzhik East) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

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