Boibe (lake)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Creators: J. Fossey, J. Morin
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, R. Talbert
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Last modified
Oct 31, 2025 10:27 AM
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History
An ancient lake of Thessaly in Greece whose modern remnants were drained in the 20th century. A lake restoration project, inaugurated in 2018, has transformed the area into the modern Lake Karla.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540690
39.4933765129, 22.8181638653
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of modern Lake Karla (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Βοιβή λίμνη (Boibe limne: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Βοιβηὶς λίμνη (Boibeis limne: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
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- Lake Karla (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Λίμνη Κάρλα (Limne Karla: Modern Greek, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 55 D1 Boibe L.
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J. Fossey, J. Morin, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Sean Gillies, Greta Hawes, Brady Kiesling, G. Reger, R. Scott Smith, and R. Talbert, 'Boibe (lake): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/540690> [accessed: 17 April 2026]
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