Canopus
Canopus, also known as Canobus, was an ancient Egyptian coastal town, located in the Nile Delta. Its site is in the eastern outskirts of modern-day Alexandria, around 25 kilometers from the center of that city.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Ruin
- Description: ancient Egyptian town
- Also known as: “Canopus, Egypt”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Kouta Park.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Abu Qir and El Maamora.
Abu Qir
Town
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Abu Qir, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir, is a town on the Mediterranean coast of Egypt, near the ruins of ancient Canopus and 23 kilometers northeast of Alexandria by rail. It is located on Abu Qir Peninsula, with Abu Qir Bay to the east.
El Maamora
Suburb
El Maamora is a neighborhood in Alexandria, Egypt. El Maamora is situated 3½ km southwest of Canopus.
Montaza
Locality
Photo: RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Montaza is the name of both a district and a park in Alexandria, Egypt. The district includes the park, but the two are legally distinct. Montaza is situated 5 km southwest of Canopus.
Canopus
- Categories: archaeological site, former settlement, submerged settlement, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Alexandria Governorate, Egypt, North Africa, Africa
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Satellite Map
Discover Canopus from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Canopus” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كانوب”
- Arabic: “مدينة كانوبوس”
- Azerbaijani: “Kanopus”
- Basque: “Kanope”
- Basque: “Kanopus”
- Belarusian: “Абукір”
- Belarusian: “Каноб”
- Belarusian: “Каноп”
- Belarusian: “Канопус”
- Bengali: “ক্যানোপাস”
- Bulgarian: “Канопия”
- Bulgarian: “Канопос”
- Bulgarian: “Пикуат”
- Catalan: “Canop”
- Catalan: “Canòpic”
- Chinese: “克诺珀斯”
- Chinese: “克諾珀斯”
- Chinese: “卡诺卜”
- Chinese: “卡诺波”
- Chinese: “卡诺皮克”
- Chinese: “卡諾坡斯”
- Danish: “Kanopos”
- Dutch: “Canopus (Egypte)”
- Dutch: “Canopus”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كانوبوس”
- Extremaduran: “Canobu”
- Finnish: “Kanopos”
- French: “Canope”
- German: “Genup”
- German: “Kanobos”
- German: “Kanopos”
- German: “Kanopus”
- German: “Peguati”
- Greek: “Κάνωβος”
- Greek: “Κάνωπος”
- Hebrew: “כאנוב”
- Hebrew: “קאנופוס”
- Hebrew: “קנופוס”
- Indonesian: “Canobus”
- Indonesian: “Canopus, Mesir”
- Indonesian: “Canopus”
- Irish: “Canopus”
- Italian: “Canopo”
- Japanese: “カノープス (エジプト)”
- Japanese: “カノープス （エジプト）”
- Japanese: “カノポス”
- Latin: “Canopus (Aegyptus antiqua)”
- Latin: “Canopus”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kanopos”
- Norwegian: “Kanopos”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Canòp”
- Persian: “کانوب”
- Persian: “کانوپ”
- Polish: “Kanopos”
- Polish: “Kanopus”
- Portuguese: “Canopo”
- Romanian: “Canop”
- Russian: “Абукир”
- Russian: “Каноб”
- Russian: “Канопус”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanopus (Egipat)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Kanopus”
- Spanish: “Canope”
- Spanish: “Cánope”
- Spanish: “Canopo”
- Swahili: “Canopus, Misri”
- Swahili: “Canopus”
- Swedish: “Kanopos”
- Thai: “คาโนโปส”
- Ukrainian: “Каноп”
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