Qamīnis

Qaminis stands on the low coastal plain south of Benghazi, beside the Gulf of Sirte. The settlement was known as Chaminos in antiquity. Along this shore dunes separate the sea from lagoons and marshes, and shallow inland depressions form salt flats. The plain rises gradually inland toward the edge of the Cyrenaican uplands, contrasting with the greener hills of Jebel Akhdar farther to the northeast.