Ras al-Bassit
Ras al-Bassit, the classical Posidium or Posideium, is a small town in Syria named for a nearby cape. It has been occupied since at least the late Bronze Age and was a fortified port under Greek and Roman rule.- Locality
- …lies at an elevation of around 10 metres (20 feet)
- Description: ancient town in Syria
- Also known as“Bassit”“Bassit, Bazit, Rass el Bassita, Rass el Bassite, Râss el Bâssîte, Ra’s al Basīţ”“Bazit”“cape Ras al-Bassit”“Posideion, Syria”“Ra’s al Basīţ”“Rass el Bassita”“Râss el Bâssîte”
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Latitude
35.85275° or 35° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.80446° or 35° 48′ 16″ east
Open location code
8G7QVR33+4Q
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Turkish—“Ras al-Bassit” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Ποσείδιον”
- Arabic: “رأس البسيط”
- Catalan: “Ras al-Bassit”
- Chinese: “拉斯·巴西特”
- Dutch: “Ras al-Bassit”
- Finnish: “Posideion”
- French: “Ras el Bassit”
- German: “Ra’s al Basit”
- Greek: “Ρας αλ-Μπασσίτ”
- Hebrew: “פוסידיום”
- Hebrew: “פוסידיון”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Ras al-Bassit”
- Russian: “мыс Рас-эль-Базит”
- Spanish: “Ras al-Bassit”
- Turkish: “Ras al-Bassit”
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