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Here you will find an on-going list of Monastic sites in Egypt with full Lat/Long and digital coordinates.
While much effort has gone into checking the GPS coordinates, both on-site and with Google Earth etc, please use the GPS locations with caution and use as a general guide:
Sites are listed in alphabetical order - last common referred name.

Note - Copyright 1998 Howard Middleton-Jones Coptic Multi Media Database project.

Please reference the above when quoting from this list

Monastery site and location

 

Latitude N

 Longitude E

DD- N

DD- E

 

 

 

 

 

 

Abu Abulli  Apollo at Bawit South Cairo

27° 35' 22

30°40' 33.00

27.589444

30.675833

Deir al Adrah Holy Virgin 6kms East Akhmim

26° 36' 25.05

31° 47' 24.46

26.606958

31.790128

Deir al Abyad St Shenute/Shenouda Sohag white monastery

26° 32' 05.14

31° 38' 44.50

26.534761

31.645694

Deir Adhra Holy virgin Beni suef Bayaa al-nasara E.bank

29° 04' 04

31° 07' 46.00

29.067778

31.129444

Deir al Adhra - Maadi - Cairo

 

29° 56' 60.00

31° 15' 00.00

29.95

31.25

Deir al Adhra

 

30° 21' 27.99

30° 16' 06.99

30.3577778

30.2686111

Deir al Adhra Maryam Holy Virgin Bani Rizah

26° 55' 38.41

31° 16' 59.18

26.927336

31.283106

El Agaybi - Hiw - Qena

 

26° 0' 00.00

32° 16' 00.00

26

32.2666667

Deir al Aja'ibi - Nag Hammadi - Quena

 

26° 0' 0.00

32° 16' 00.00

26

32.2666667

Deir Ahmar St Bishoi Red Monastery Sohag

26° 33' 17.75

31° 37' 10.87

26.554931

31.619686

For further entries please link here (word doc)