Maeotis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: David Braund
Creators: David Braund
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Diane Braund, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Enes Yılandiloğlu
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 01, 2026 11:11 PM
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History
Maeotis, known in antiquity as a lake, is the modern Sea of Azov and is the shallowest of the world's seas.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825318
46.0726774763, 36.7116694589
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Sea of Azov (modern) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- OSM location of Sea of Azov (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Azaḳ Deñizi (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Maeotis (Latin, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Sea of Azov (English, modern)
- Temarunda (750 BC - AD 640)
- None
- Agaros (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Cimmerius Bosp(h)orus connection Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Coretus Sinus connection Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Gerros (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Poritos (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Rhombites Elasson (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Rhombites Megas (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
- Tanais (river) flows into Maeotis (unspecified date range)
water, open
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 84 B2 Maeotis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sea of Azov
David Braund, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Diane Braund, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Maeotis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/825318> [accessed: 17 May 2026]
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