Akathartos Kolpos
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Akathartos Kolpos, an embayment of the Red Sea just north of the Tropic of Cancer.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/785968
23.683333, 35.616667
- Associated Modern Locations:
- GeoHack location of Foul Bay (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.
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- Ἀκάθαρτος κόλπος (Akathartos Kolpos: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Akathartos Kolpos communicates with Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Berenice/Berenike located near Akathartos Kolpos (unspecified date range)
- Lepte Akra located north of Akathartos Kolpos (unspecified date range)
water, open
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 inset Akathartos Kolpos
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bai Umm el-Ketef
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Akathartos Kolpos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/785968> [accessed: 06 February 2026]
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