Lop, Xinjiang, China (Google Maps ⧉, OpenStreetMap ⧉)

"Lop, city and lake, i. 194, 196; desert, 196, 197"

"Book I. … Khotan—Pein—City of Lop—Great Desert—Camul"

"Marco Polo’s Lop, ‘a large town at the edge of the Desert’ where travellers repose before entering on the Desert …"

"The text begins with the description of the city of Lop, and ends with Georgia."