Pherae was a city and polis in southeastern ancient Thessaly, one of the oldest Thessalian cities, located in the southeast corner of Pelasgiotis. According to Strabo it stood near Lake Boebeis, ninety stadia from its harbor Pagasae on the Gulf of Pagasae. The site lies within the modern community of Velestino.
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Latitude39.378696 degrees north 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Pherae (Wikidata)
P625 (coordinate location)Quote, P625 (coordinate location)
latitude 39.378696, longitude 22.749038
View the Source 2. OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m): SRTM 90 m elevation at 39.3787,22.749
OpenTopoData (SRTM 90 m)results elevationQuote, results elevation
"elevation": 125.0
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 39.25, 22.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell 39.25, 22.75
39.25 22.75 Csa
View the Source 4. GeoNames: Velestíno - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 252074, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.43 km)Quote, cities500 record 252074, nearest place to the city coordinates (0.43 km)
39.38181 22.74616 P PPLA3 GR ESYE14 24 9108 3044 112 Europe/Athens
View the Source Wikidata: Pherae
Wikidata Q1330631, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source Pherae (Wikipedia)
In Group: Cities of Southern Europe (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregionView the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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