Sirte Coast

The coast of Sirte lies along the great southern curve of the gulf once known as the Greater Syrtis. Dry country extends inland, and the road around the gulf followed the shore through a chain of wells. The ancient settlement of Macomades stood near this route, while the medieval town of Surt lay farther east at the site later called Madinat Sultan. Both belonged to a coast that joined Tripolitania to Cyrenaica across a difficult stretch of North Africa.