Modern locations of places in the Bible:
Also Called | Sarafand, Sarafend |
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Latitude, Longitude | 33.464227, 35.295136 |
Palestine 1928 Grid Coordinates (?) | 177881/318699 |
Type | settlement |
Point Precision | point on tel |
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Precise Coordinates Notes | Wikipedia mentions "ruins on the shore... which extend along the shore for a mile or more;" James B. Pritchard, Recovering Sarepta (1983) suggests it’s at Raq el Qantara (visible at Google Maps) on the coast |
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Credit: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2019 (modified)
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