Matiane/*Kapauta Limne
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Dec 02, 2025 05:47 PM
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History
A salt lake located in what is now Iran, Lake Urmia was, at its greatest extent, the sixth-largest saltwater lake on Earth. It once covered an area of approximately 5,200 square kilometers (2,000 sq. miles) and measured 140 km (87 mi) by 55 km (34 mi). The lake continues to shrink in area due to persistent drought.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874593
37.6455034211, 45.4549362178
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Lake Urmia (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- ﺑﺤﻴﺮﻩ تلا (Buḥayre-i Tilā: Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Buḥayre-i Urmiye (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Καπαῦτα λίμνη (Kapauta Limne: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Magriane Limne (550 BC - AD 640)
- Matiane (30 BC - AD 300)
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- Lake Urmia (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Matiane/*Kapauta Limne part of (physical/topographic) Urartu (900 BC - 600 BC)
- Uncertain: Filadelfia located north of Matiane/*Kapauta Limne (unspecified date range)
- Javangaleh located near Matiane/*Kapauta Limne (unspecified date range)
- Uncertain: Nicea Nialia/Barsa located south of Matiane/*Kapauta Limne (unspecified date range)
lake
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 H3 Matiane/*Kapauta Limne
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: L. Urmia IRN
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Matiane/*Kapauta Limne: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874593> [accessed: 10 December 2025]
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