🌊 Lake Copais

Greece · Europe · 95 m · 38.45°N, 23.05°E

Lake Copais, also spelled Kopais or Kopaida, was a lake in the centre of Boeotia, Greece, west of Thebes. It was first drained in the Bronze Age, and drained again in the late 19th century. It is now flat dry land and is still known as Kopaida. A one-time island in the lake was modified in ancient times into a megalithic citadel, now called Gla. Lake Copais is also featured in Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Odyssey (2018).

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Quick facts

Country	Greece
Continent / region	Europe
Surface elevation	95 m above sea level
Coordinates (approx.)	38.45°N, 23.05°E · view on map

Lake Copais sits at 95 m in Greece, in Europe. The full story of this lake is described by the sourced introduction above (from Wikipedia).

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