Corinth Canal
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Creators: Jeffrey Becker
Contributors:
Catherine Bouras, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Apr 17, 2024 06:36 PM
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History
The Corinth Canal cuts across the Isthmus of Corinth, connecting the Gulf of Corinth to the Saronic Gulf and the Aegean Sea. Several abortive attempts in antiquity were made at creating the canal, although its final (and functional) realization occurred in modernity.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/131418574
37.9341235564, 22.9846942574
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Corinth Canal (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Διώρυγα Κορίνθου (Dioriga Korinthou: Modern Greek)
- Corinth Canal communicates with Corinthiacus Sinus (unspecified date range)
- Corinth Canal located on Isthmos (unspecified date range)
- Corinth Canal communicates with Saronicus Sinus (unspecified date range)
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Jeffrey Becker, Catherine Bouras, and Tom Elliott, 'Corinth Canal: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/131418574> [accessed: 26 April 2024]
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