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Lampsacus

Western Asia

Lampsacus was an ancient Greek city on the eastern side of the Hellespont in the northern Troad, in what is now Turkey. An inhabitant of the city was called a Lampsacene, and its name survives in the nearby modern town of Lapseki.

Facts
Latitude
40.343889 degrees north 1
Longitude
26.683611 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+03:00 2
Sources
1. Lampsacus (Wikidata)
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.343889, longitude 26.683611
  • In Group: Cities of Western Asia (World), Wikipedia infobox, country field
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2. GeoNames: Lapseki - GeoNames
GeoNames
  • cities500 record 741878
    40.34417 26.68556 P PPLA2 TR 17 8632581 10076 24 Europe/Istanbul
  • Place record, elevation
    Elevation ca. 24 m
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3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 26.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 26.75
40.25 26.75 Csa
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Wikidata: Lampsacus
Wikidata Q1229422, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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