# The ancients disagreed where Lake Tritonis was, and most put it in Tunisia or Libya, far from Mauritania

> Ancient writers placed Lake Tritonis variously at the Gulf of Gabès, the Lesser Syrtis, between the Syrtes or in Cyrenaica; only Mela, and perhaps…

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# The ancients disagreed where Lake Tritonis was, and most put it in Tunisia or Libya, far from Mauritania

Ancient writers placed Lake Tritonis variously at the Gulf of Gabès, the Lesser Syrtis, between the Syrtes or in Cyrenaica; only Mela, and perhaps Ptolemy, put it inland, where it fits the great Tunisian chotts.

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## What it bears on 1 answer

[Yes: Diodorus's Atlantians of western Libya, by the ocean and Lake Tritonis, are a North African Atlantis](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/eye-of-the-sahara/answers/ANS0DCP9Q7XFSV7/yes-diodoruss-atlantians-of-western-libya-by-the-ocean-and)

Still possible

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Mysteries Department. (2026). The ancients disagreed where Lake Tritonis was, and most put it in Tunisia or Libya, far from Mauritania [Evidence EVD0DCPB9NDCM8T]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/EVD0DCPB9NDCM8T
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