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Tatta L.

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S. Mitchell

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Apr 10, 2023 06:37 AM — History

Tatta L. (Lake Tuz or Tuz Gölü) is one of the largest of the world's hypersaline lakes and the second largest lake in Turkey.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619268

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.733333, 33.383333

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Tatta L. (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Τάττα (Tatta: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tatta L. (30 BC - AD 300)

Tatta L. makes connections with:

None

Tatta L. receives connections from:

None

Place type:
lake

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 63 C3 Tatta L.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tuz Göl

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Suggested citation:
S. Mitchell, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Tatta L.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619268> [accessed: 24 April 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/619268 |title=Places: 619268 (Tatta L.) |author=Mitchell, S. |accessdate=April 24, 2025 4:01 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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