Lake Copais
Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida, was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was first drained in the Bronze Age, and drained again in the late 19th century.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Lake bed
- Description: ancient lake in Greece, now dry
- Also known as: “Apoxirantheisa Limni Kopaida”, “Copaic lake”, “Kifisis”, “Kifissís”, “Kopaida”, “Lake Copaïs”, “Lake Kopaḯs”, “Límni Kopaḯ”, and “Topolia”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Aliartos and Pétra.
Aliartos
Town
Photo: Costas78, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Aliartos is a small town and former municipality in the Boeotia regional unit, Greece, at 109 kilometres from Athens and about 18 kilometres west of Thebes. Aliartos is situated 5 km south of Lake Copais.
Pétra
Village
Photo: Hansi667, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Petra is a village and a community of the Aliartos-Thespies municipality. Before the 2011 local government reform it was part of the municipality of Aliartos, of which it was a municipal district. Pétra is situated 6 km southwest of Lake Copais.
Ypsilántis
Village
Photo: Vanbasten 23, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ypsilántis is a village, which is situated 8 km southwest of Lake Copais.
Lake Copais
- Categories: lake, dry lake, and landform
- Location: Central Greece, Greece, Balkans, Europe
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Satellite Map
Discover Lake Copais from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Welsh—“Lake Copais” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Κωπαΐς λίμνη”
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “λίμνη Κωπαΐς”
- Azerbaijani: “Kopaida”
- Bashkir: “Копаида”
- Basque: “Kopais”
- Bulgarian: “Копаида”
- Catalan: “llacuna Copaida”
- Catalan: “Llacuna Copaida”
- Cebuano: “Apoxiranthísa Límni Kopaḯs”
- Chinese: “科帕伊斯湖”
- Czech: “Kopais”
- Danish: “Kopais”
- Dutch: “Copais-meer”
- Dutch: “Copaïs-meer”
- Dutch: “Copaïsmeer”
- Dutch: “Kopaismeer”
- Dutch: “Kopaïsmeer”
- Esperanto: “Kopais”
- Esperanto: “Kopaiso”
- Esperanto: “Lago Kopais”
- Finnish: “Kopais”
- French: “Copaïs”
- French: “lac Copaïs”
- French: “Lac Copaïs”
- French: “Lac Kopaïs”
- German: “Kopaïs”
- Greek: “Apoxirantheísa Límni Kopaḯda”
- Greek: “Apoxirantheísa Límni Kopaḯs”
- Greek: “Αποξηρανθείσα Λίμνη Κωπαΐδα”
- Greek: “Αποξηρανθείσα Λίμνη Κωπαΐς”
- Greek: “Κηφισίδα”
- Greek: “Κωπαΐδα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη Κωπαΐδα”
- Greek: “Λίμνη της Κωπαΐδας”
- Italian: “Copaide”
- Italian: “Lago Copaide”
- Japanese: “コパイス湖”
- Latin: “Copais palus”
- Latin: “Copais”
- Latin: “palus Copais”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Copais”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Copaissjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kopaida”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kopaidasjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kopaídasjøen”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kopais”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kopaissjøen”
- Polish: “Kopais”
- Romanian: “Lacul Copais”
- Russian: “Копаида”
- Russian: “Копаидская озеро”
- Russian: “Копаис”
- Slovenian: “Kopajsko jezero”
- Spanish: “Copais”
- Spanish: “Lago Copaide”
- Swedish: “Kopais”
- Swedish: “Kopaissjön”
- Ukrainian: “Копаїда”
- Venetian: “Copaide”
- Welsh: “Llyn Copais”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Xynós and Karaxíni.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Sidirodromikós Stathmós Pétras and Kopaida Dimitra.
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