Lake Maryut

Lake Mariout, is a brackish lake in northern near the city of . The lake area covered 200 square kilometres and had a navigable canal at the beginning of the 20th century, but at the beginning of the 21st century, it covers only about 50 square kilometres.
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  • Lake
  • …has a surface elevation of -3 metres (-10 feet)
  • Description: brackish lake in northern Egypt
  • Also known as
    “Boḥēret Maryūṭ”
    “Buḩayrat Maryūţ”
    “Lake Mareotis”
    “Lake Mariout”
    “Lake Mariut”
    “Maryut”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Catacombs of Kom el Shoqafa and Pompei’s Pillar.
Asiatologist, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The are a historical… is situated 3 km north of Lake Maryut.
Pompey's Pillar is a Roman triumphal column in , . is situated 3½ km north of Lake Maryut.
TheEgyptian, CC BY-SA 3.0.
City Centre Alexandria is a shopping mall located… is situated 3½ km northeast of Lake Maryut.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wardeyan and El Max.
Al Wardian is a in , Egypt. is situated 2½ km northwest of Lake Maryut.
Dina nasr, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a neighborhood in , . is situated 4½ km west of Lake Maryut.
Wing, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is 's second largest city, its largest…

Lake Maryut

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Latitude
31.15306° or 31° 9′ 11″ north
Longitude
29.89861° or 29° 53′ 55″ east
Open location code
8G3F5V3X+6C
Geo­Names ID
8556346
Wiki­data ID
Q2082231

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Lake Maryut” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “بحيرة مريوط‎”
  • Arabic: “بحيره مريوط”
  • Bulgarian: “Марют”
  • Burmese: “မရိယွတ်ကန်”
  • Catalan: “Llac Maryut”
  • Catalan: “Llacuna Mareòtida”
  • Cebuano: “Buḩayrat Maryūţ”
  • Chinese: “馬里奧特湖”
  • Chinese: “马留提斯湖”
  • Chinese: “马里乌特湖”
  • Chinese: “马雷奥蒂斯湖”
  • Chuvash: “Марьют”
  • Czech: “Mareotis”
  • Czech: “Marjut”
  • Dutch: “Lake Mariout”
  • Dutch: “Maryut-meer”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “بحيرة مريوط”
  • Finnish: “Mariout”
  • French: “Lac Maréotis”
  • French: “Lac Mariout”
  • French: “Maréotis”
  • Georgian: “მარიუტი”
  • German: “Mariut”
  • German: “Maryut-See”
  • German: “Maryut”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Μαρεώτιδα”
  • Greek: “λίμνη Μαρεῶτις”
  • Greek: “Λίμνη Μαριούτ”
  • Greek: “Μαρεῶτις λίμνη”
  • Hausa: “Tafkin Mariout”
  • Hebrew: “אגם מריוט”
  • Hebrew: “מראוטיס”
  • Hungarian: “Mareotisz-tó”
  • Italian: “Lago Mareotide”
  • Italian: “Lago Maryut”
  • Japanese: “マイオレット湖”
  • Latin: “Mareotis palus”
  • Latin: “Mareotis”
  • Latin: “palus Mareotis”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Maryut”
  • Persian: “دریاچه مریوط”
  • Polish: “Buhajrat Marjut”
  • Polish: “Mareotis”
  • Portuguese: “Lago Mareótis”
  • Portuguese: “Mareótis”
  • Portuguese: “Mariut”
  • Portuguese: “Maryut”
  • Russian: “Мареот”
  • Russian: “Марьют”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Mareotis”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Jezero Mariout”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Mariout”
  • Somali: “Harada Mariout”
  • Spanish: “Lago Mariout”
  • Swedish: “Buḩayrat Maryūţ”
  • Ukrainian: “Мар’ют”
  • Ukrainian: “Мареотіс”

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Localities in the Area

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Notable Places Nearby

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