The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay; Arabic: خليج أبو قير, romanized: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. The ancient cities of Canopus, Heracleion and Menouthis lie submerged beneath the waters of the bay.
The Abū Qīr Bay (sometimes transliterated Abukir Bay or Aboukir Bay; Arabic: خليج أبو قير, romanized: Khalīj Abū Qīr) is a spacious bay on the Mediterranean Sea near Alexandria in Egypt, lying between the Rosetta mouth of the Nile and the town of Abu Qir. The ancient cities of Canopus, Heracleion and Menouthis lie submerged beneath the waters of the bay.
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