Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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The Sea of Galilee, also known as the Sea of Tiberias, is the largest freshwater lake in Israel.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678430
32.8138046, 35.590564
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Buḥayre-i Ṭaberiyye (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Gennesar L. (unspecified date range)
- ἡ Θάλασσα τῆς Γαλιλαίας (He Thalassa tes Galilaias: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
- Sea of Galilee (English, modern)
- Tiberiadis Mare (unspecified date range)
- Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus connection Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Kinneret located at Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Tiberias connection Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus (unspecified date range)
water (inland), lake
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C4 Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar L.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sea of Galilee
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678430> [accessed: 12 April 2026]
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