Middle East
Syria
Latakia Governorate

Ras al-Bassit

Ras al-Bassit, the classical Posidium or Posideium, is a small town in 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.
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Wikipedia
  • Type: Locality
  • 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”, and “Râss el Bâssîte”

Ras al-Bassit

Latitude
35.85275° or 35° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
35.80446° or 35° 48′ 16″ east
Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)
Open location code
8G7QVR33+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 572534428
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­locality
Geo­Names ID
171701
Wiki­data ID
Q4119291
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Satellite Map

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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”
  • Arabic: “راس 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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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Ras al-Bassit”. Photo: Yvonnefm, CC BY-SA 3.0.