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OSM Location of submerged Askut Island

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Island located on the Nile with a Middle Kingdom fortress. The site was inundated as a result of the construction of the Aswan High Dam in the 1960s.

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Feature type:
fort, island

Geometry and coordinates (long, lat order):
{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 31.1000000, 21.6166670 ] }

Archaeological remains:
Not visible

Association certainty:
Certain

Positional Accuracy Assessment:
Generic OSM Accuracy Assessment

Location type:
representative

Temporal attestations:

Middle Kingdom Egypt (2010-1640 BCE/BC) (confident)

References:

Data Source:

OSM Node 7731569574

Initial Provenance:
OpenStreetMap (Node 7731569574, version 1, osm:changeset=88253249, 2020-07-20T14:48:58Z)

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OSM Location of submerged Askut Island