Berenice Troglodytica
Berenice Troglodytica, also called Berenike or Baranis, is an ancient seaport of Egypt on the western shore of the Red Sea. It is situated about 825 km south of Suez, 260 km east of Aswan in Upper Egypt and 140 km south of Marsa Alam.
Wikimedia, Public domain.- Archaeological site
- …has about 600 residents
- …lies at an elevation of 11 metres (36 feet)
- …has the IATA airport code EES
- Description: ancient port in Egypt
- Also known as“Barnīs”“Medinet-el Haras”“Port Berenice”
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Latitude
23.91095° or 23° 54′ 39″ north
Longitude
35.47594° or 35° 28′ 33″ east
Open location code
7GMQWF6G+99
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OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_site
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In Other Languages
From Ancient Greek to Urdu—“Berenice Troglodytica” goes by many names.
- Ancient Greek (to 1453): “Βερενίκη”
- Arabic: “برنيس”
- Asturian: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Catalan: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Catalan: “Medinet-el Haras”
- Dutch: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Dutch: “Berenike”
- Egyptian Arabic: “برنيس”
- Finnish: “Berenike”
- French: “Bérénice”
- German: “Baranis”
- German: “Berenike”
- Greek: “Βερενίκη η τρωγλοδυτική”
- Greek: “Βερενίκη”
- Greek: “Μπαράνις”
- Hebrew: “ברניקי טרוגלודיטיקה”
- Icelandic: “Bereníke (Rauðahafi)”
- Icelandic: “Bereníke”
- Indonesian: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Italian: “Berenice Trogloditica”
- Italian: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Italian: “Berenice”
- Japanese: “ベレニケ (エジプト)”
- Japanese: “ベレニケ・トログロディティカ”
- Lithuanian: “Berenikė”
- Persian: “برنیس”
- Polish: “Baranis”
- Polish: “Barnis”
- Polish: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Polish: “Madinat al-Haras”
- Polish: “Mina Baranis”
- Portuguese: “Berenice (porto)”
- Portuguese: “Berenice”
- Russian: “Беренис”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Berenika (luka)”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Berenika”
- Slovenian: “Berenika (pristanišče)”
- Slovenian: “Berenika”
- Somali: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Spanish: “Baranis”
- Spanish: “Berenice Troglodítica”
- Spanish: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Spanish: “Berenice”
- Spanish: “Berenike”
- Spanish: “Medinet-el Haras”
- Swahili: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Swahili: “Medinet-el Haras”
- Swedish: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Tamil: “வெரெணிகே துறைமுகம்”
- Turkish: “Berenice Troglodytica”
- Ukrainian: “Береніс”
- Urdu: “برنیس (مصر)”
- Urdu: “برنیس”
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