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Cataracta Secunda

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: S.M. Burstein

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, D. Borough, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Feb 03, 2020 06:08 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=0, dare:feature=natural

The Second Cataract (or Great Cataract) was located in Nubia. It is now submerged under Lake Nasser.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/795794

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
21.48, 30.97

Locations:

DARMC location 21345 (330 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Cataracta Secunda (330 BC - AD 300)

Cataracta Secunda makes connections with:

Cataracta Secunda connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)

Cataracta Secunda receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cataract, rapid

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 81 B4 Cataracta Secunda

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: SUD

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Suggested citation:
S.M. Burstein, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, D. Borough, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Cataracta Secunda: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/795794> [accessed: 17 February 2020]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/795794 |title=Places: 795794 (Cataracta Secunda) |author=Burstein, S. |accessdate=February 17, 2020 7:40 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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