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Macris/Makra (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Dec 27, 2021 08:41 AM

Modern Zeytin Adası (formerly Meğri Ada), an island that, together with the Telmessias promontory (modern Çamlı Burun), encloses and protects the natural harbor of Telmessos (modern Fethiye in Turkey).

Magantia — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:15 PM

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Magon — by D.T. Potts — last modified Aug 20, 2012 02:15 PM

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Maia (island) — by D.J. Mattingly — last modified Aug 02, 2024 08:37 AM

An ancient island along the coast of Syrtica, identified by modern scholars with the Legarah reef (Gharah island / Al-Hebri).

Majorca (island) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jul 20, 2014 12:13 AM

Majorca is the largest island in the Balearic Islands archipelago in the western Mediterranean Sea.

Makaria (island) — by D.T. Potts — last modified May 08, 2019 10:02 AM

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Makris (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 23, 2022 02:42 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 D1 Makris Ins.

Malaios (island) — by A.S. Esmonde Cleary — last modified Aug 05, 2016 02:13 PM

The Isle of Mull is the second largest island of the Inner Hebrides, located off the west coast of Scotland.

Malichou islands — by D.T. Potts — last modified Apr 29, 2022 05:41 PM

A group of 10 major volcanic islands located in the Red Sea.

Malthace (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Sep 27, 2024 10:32 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Malthace Ins.

Maniolai (islands) — by M.U. Erdosy — last modified Jun 14, 2024 09:20 AM

Islands mentioned in Ptolemy. They may correspond to the modern Andaman islands in the Bay of Bengal.

Marathe (island) — by W.M. Murray — last modified Sep 27, 2024 05:12 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 54 unlocated Marathe Ins.

Marathoussa (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Jul 05, 2022 05:08 PM

The ancient Marathoussa island is probably to be associated with the modern Yassıca Ada.

Margastana (island) — by A. Hausleiter — last modified Dec 26, 2022 10:59 AM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 93 unlocated Margastana Ins.

Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. — by C. Foss — last modified Jun 07, 2018 08:09 PM

Megale/Pityodes/Prinkipos Ins. (Büyükada)

Megiste (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 18, 2023 12:12 PM

Megiste Ins. (modern Kastellorizo) is the easternmost Greek island. In antiquity it was colonized by Dorian Greeks.

Meinarti (island) — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Jun 11, 2024 11:02 AM

Meinarti Island is located in the Nile River north of the Second Cataract. It lies just upstream of the Sudanese border town of Wadi Halfa.

Melanippeia (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Sep 04, 2022 04:04 PM

According to a fragment of Favorinus quoted by Stephanus of Byzantium, Melanippeia was one of two islets that constituted the "Chelidoniai petrai". These "rocks" are thought to be identifiable with the largest two of several islets that lie off modern Cape Gelidonya on the south coast of Anatolia (the modern Beş Adalar = Five Islands). Melanippeia is perhaps to be identified with the largest of the group, modern Devecitaşı Ada.

Melanoscopium (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Apr 08, 2024 03:15 PM

An ancient island or island group, attested by literary or documentary sources, whose precise location cannot be determined today

Melanteioi Skopeloi (island) — by C. Foss — last modified Apr 08, 2024 03:25 PM

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 61 B3 Melanteioi Skopeloi

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