Geography Atlas

Where Everything Happened
Sign In
Text size
100%
Theme

Switch Atlas

City

Heraclea (Lucania)

Southern Europe

Heraclea, also known as Heracleia or Herakleia, was an ancient city of Magna Graecia situated on the Gulf of Taranto between the rivers Aciris and Siris. Its ruins lie in the modern comune of Policoro, in the Province of Matera in the Basilicata region of Italy.

Facts
Area (sq km)
0.02 1
Founding Year
432 BCE 1
Latitude
40.2195 degrees north 1
Longitude
16.6704 degrees east 1
Elevation Band
Lowland 2
Climate Zone
Temperate 3
Time Zone
UTC+01:00 4
Sources
1. Heraclea (Lucania) (Wikidata)
  • P571 (inception)
    -0432-00-00T00:00:00Z
  • P625 (coordinate location)
    latitude 40.2195, longitude 16.6704
  • P2046 (area)
    area 0.02 sq km
View the Source
2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 40.2195,16.6704
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevation
Quote, results elevation
"elevation": 30.0
View the Source
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, 16.75
Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 40.25, 16.75
40.25 16.75 Csa
View the Source
4. GeoNames: Policoro - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3170384, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.98 km)
Quote, cities500 record 3170384, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.98 km)
40.2128 16.67795 P PPLA3 IT 02 MT 077021 11810 25 25 Europe/Rome
View the Source
Heraclea (Lucania) (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source
Comments (0)
No comments yet. Be the first to share a thought.
Reader Challenges (0)
No disputes yet. Spotted an error or a better source? Open the first one.