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Uppåkra 55.6655N 13.1714E MapCarta 40 ha Scania

MapCarta · 2024 · MapCarta

Uppåkra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Uppåkra — Wikipedia 55°39′59″N 13°10′12″E 40 ha central place

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

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55.6667N 13.17E Larsson 40 ha

Uppåkra

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Valsgärde — Wikipedia 15 boat graves 6th–11th c Fyris

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

59.9261N 17.6263 15 ships

Valsgärde

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Vendel Boat Grave Field — Tierp Vendel Period 550–800 eponym

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Vendel 60.1628N 17.6017 14 boats

Vendel

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Vesely Kut — SBDI site list

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Vesely Kut

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Vilnius Lower Castle — Wikipedia Gediminas Old Town

Wikipedia Contributors · 2024 · Wikimedia

Vilnius Lower Castle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Meson Lake Moeris Fayum southwest 29.315N 30.385E — Pleiades Meson

Pleiades · 2022

Meson — Lake Moeris Harbour at Fayum Southwest (Harbour of Moeris Southwest)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2022Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Cucuteni — Moldova and Cucuteni Culture (UNESCO tentative 7009)

UNESCO · 2017 · UNESCO

Cucuteni 47.276N 26.937E eponym

Cucuteni

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2017Open source

Websitephil.muni.cz

Břeclav-Pohansko Great Moravian Stronghold — Brno

Muni Arts Brno · 2014 · Muni

Pohansko

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2014Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Vilnius Historic Centre UNESCO 1994

UNESCO · 1994 · UNESCO

Upper + Lower Castle ensemble

Vilnius Lower Castle

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1994Open source

Websitewhc.unesco.org

Birka and Hovgården UNESCO 555 — Mälaren Viking Age

UNESCO · 1993 · UNESCO

Birka

From the atlas bibliography · Published 1993Open source

Websitepleiades.stoa.org

Upano Kilimope plateau north 2.055S 78.145W — Cuenca Macas geographic

Pleiades, INPC Ecuador · 2024

Upano — Kilimope Plateau North Gardens at Sangay (Upano North) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2024Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Akra (Crimmerian Bosporus) — Wikipedia now underwater at Kerch Strait near Naberezhne village

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Akra — Submerged City at Naberezhne Village (Cimmerian Bosporus) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Mersa/Wadi Gawasis — Wikipedia and Mindat

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Wadi Gawasis — Mersa Gawasis Pharaonic Harbour at Saww (Red Sea) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Mount Opuk and Koyashskoye Lake — Wikipedia Opuk Nature Reserve

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Kimmerikon — Opuk Lagoon Harbour Below Opuk Mountain (Mount Ararat Lagoon)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Myrmekion — Wikipedia Kerch Strait

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Myrmekion — Submerged Quay at Myrmekion North (Kerch Strait North) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Porthmion — Wikipedia Cimmerian Bosporus ferry

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Porthmion — Chushka Spit Harbour at Chushka North (Kerch Strait Chushka) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Sierra de las Quijadas National Park 32°33′03″S 67°03′51″W /-32.5508 -67.0642 — Wikipedia

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Sierra de las Quijadas — Potrero de la Aguada Southern Enclosure (Potrero Sur)

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteglobalnationalparks.com

Sierra de las Quijadas National Park coordinate 32.5508S 67.0642W — Globalnationalparks

Globalnationalparks · 2023

Sierra de las Quijadas — Potrero Northern Wall Avenue and Causeway (Potrero Norte) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

Websiteen.wikipedia.org

Tyritake — Wikipedia Kamysh-Burun

Wikipedia Contributors · 2023

Tyritake — Submerged Harbour at Tyritake South (Kerch South Bay) — v2

From the atlas bibliography · Published 2023Open source

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