Historical place profile
Minoa (Pakheia Ammos)
This ancient settlement located on the Gulf of Mirabello at modern Pakheia Ammos in Lasithi, east Crete, has produced archaeological remains dating from Minoan times through the Greek and Roman periods.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:589934
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:589934
- Place type
- settlement, settlement-modern
- Coordinates
- 35.109342, 25.805570
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
This ancient settlement located on the Gulf of Mirabello at modern Pakheia Ammos in Lasithi, east Crete, has produced archaeological remains dating from Minoan times through the Greek and Roman periods.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 60 E2 Minoa
Source and reuse
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Research path
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