Heracleion

Heracleion, also known as Thonis and sometimes called Thonis-Heracleion, was an ancient Egyptian port city located near the Canopic Mouth of the Nile, about 32 km northeast of on the Mediterranean Sea.
Wikipedia
  • Archaeological site
  • Description: ancient Egyptian city, now submerged, near Abukir
  • Also known as
    “Heracleum”
    “Herakleion”
    “Thonis”

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Abu Qir.
RolandUnger, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, formerly also spelled Abukir or Aboukir… is situated 6 km west of Heracleion.

Heracleion

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Latitude
31.30298° or 31° 18′ 11″ north
Longitude
30.12081° or 30° 7′ 15″ east
Open location code
8G3G843C+58
Open­Street­Map ID
node 3747714366
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Wiki­data ID
Q1607758

Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Heracleion” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مدينة هرقليون”
  • Armenian: “Հերակլիոն (Եգիպտոս)”
  • Armenian: “Հերակլիոն”
  • Bengali: “Heracleion”
  • Bengali: “তাহোনে”
  • Bengali: “থনিস”
  • Bengali: “হেরাক্লিয়ন”
  • Bulgarian: “Хераклейон”
  • Catalan: “Heracleion”
  • Catalan: “Heraclèon”
  • Catalan: “Thonis”
  • Chinese: “赫拉克利翁”
  • Czech: “Herakleion”
  • Czech: “Thonis”
  • Dutch: “Heracleion”
  • Dutch: “Thonis”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “مدينة هرقليون”
  • Finnish: “Herakleion”
  • Finnish: “Thonis”
  • French: “Heracleion”
  • French: “Héracleion”
  • French: “Héracléion”
  • French: “Thônis-Héracléion”
  • German: “Herakleion”
  • German: “Tahone”
  • German: “Thonis”
  • Greek: “Ηράκλειον Αιγύπτου”
  • Greek: “Ηράκλειον”
  • Hebrew: “הרקליון”
  • Italian: “Heracleion”
  • Japanese: “ヘラクレイオン”
  • Persian: “مدینه هرقلیون”
  • Polish: “Heraklejon”
  • Portuguese: “Thonis-Heracleion”
  • Romanian: “Heracleion”
  • Russian: “Гераклейон”
  • Russian: “Гераклеон”
  • Russian: “Гераклион”
  • Russian: “Тонис-Гераклион”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Thonis-Heraklion”
  • Spanish: “Heracleion”
  • Swedish: “Heraklion”
  • Swedish: “Thonis”
  • Tamil: “ஹெராக்ளியன்”
  • Turkish: “Heracleion”
  • Ukrainian: “Геракліон (Єгипет)”
  • Ukrainian: “Геракліон”

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